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Heuristic valuation of Colorama computer system's interaction
A heuristic evaluation is a usability inspection method for computer software that helps to identify usability problems in user interface designs. It involves evaluators examining the interface and judging its compliance with recognized usability principles (the "heuristics").
Heuristic Evaluation is the best evaluation system for Colorama business because it requires few resources in terms of money, time or expertise. So any developer employed in the business can enjoy the benefits of usability testing since the method is characterized by: Small test scenarios that use paper mock-ups or screen shots which can help the workers to easily change from one wall paper to the other. An informal basis for assessment requires only the staff and no need of employing an expert. A high success rate and the staff cannot be over worked since it is easy to understand the method. It requires few key guidelines for the staff which makes it easy to operate.
The staffs when using this interactive design should understand the following guidelines:
1. Visibility of system status
The customers should be informed on whets going on in the business, through appropriate feedback within reasonable time. This is to improve good relation between the business and its customers.
2. Match between system and the real world
The system should speak the business language of Colorama' with words, phrases and concepts familiar to the customers and should follow real-world conventions, making information appear in a natural and logical order.
3. User control and freedom
Customers often choose system functions by mistake and will need a clearly marked "emergency exit" to leave the unwanted state without...

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...r issues. What’s left will be a set of problems or comments that you can address to improve your site’s usability. These final results are the one to be used by the business to improve its results and efficiency for better services. The staffs should remember the Golden Rule of usability I.e. There’s no such thing as a “user error “Thus the paint store chain Colorama shops should evaluate their computer system using this method because it has friendly and substantive ways of updating the system and its user friendly for the entire business organization and the customers worldwide since time, energy, expenses are saved to all parties using the method.
Conclusion
Heuristic is the best method of evaluating Colorama, there are also other factors that come into interplay which affects the success of the use of this method. Nevertheless it’s easy to adopt and saves money.

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