Since it's spooky season, we decided to do an online deep dive to find some of the most recurrent issues UX designers and user researchers face and the most popular suggestions and solutions shared across the industry. 👻 When users can’t/don’t want to make time to
Gearing up to run a large quantitative research project? Although often overlooked, pilot studies are one of the quickest and most efficient tactics to ensure you get the most out of unmoderated research before wasting your time and resources. In this blog we cover some of the reasons why you
As the deadline for public sector organisations in the UK to make their existing websites fully accessible has now passed, accessibility is finally making its way up the priority list for both the public and private sector. A recent study found that at least one in five people in the
If you have been a regular visitor of our website or follow our social media pages, you may have noticed that we often post about looking for specific professionals or people working in certain industries to take part in paid research. One of the groups we get asked to find
If you are familiar with the concept of paid research, there is a chance you have also heard about biometric testing. Back in 2019, we worked with the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to recruit people to take part in paid research with a bit of a twist and this is
To celebrate this year’s Business Women’s Day, we had a chat with a member of our community to get her perspective on what it was like to take part in paid research with PFR. Cardiff-based Keira Evans is the owner of Candy Goblins and she answered a few
With the new Public Sector Bodies Accessibility Regulations (PSBAR) coming into play on 23rd September 2020, public services have been working to improve the accessibility of their websites, but there is still a lot to be done to make sure that everyone can access all services in the same way
The video games industry is huge. With the global software value expected to be worth £134 billion by the end of 2021 and to have 2.6 billion users worldwide, there is a giant market of users who play online. Video gaming tournament or ‘e-sports’ gamers can earn millions of
Diary studies help you understand how people experience and behave in context and in the moment, allowing you to collect qualitative information by having participants record entries about their everyday lives or specific actions. Not only do they glean a lot more insight than a survey or a 60-minute interview,
At a time when digital inclusion is more essential than ever, we asked disabled members of our community of participants to share their opinion on the level of accessibility of online news platforms and official sources of updates like the Government’s daily briefs during the pandemic. According to the
With all of our paid research sessions going remote due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we decided to ask one of our participants to share her experience of taking part in one of our projects from home and help us answer the question ‘how does remote research differ from your experience
With the UK and many other countries around the world in lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, and with many UX and research professionals shifting to a full-time remote work (and remote research only) routine, the community’s priorities have adapted to the situation. We took a look at the