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Mixed media “The new Tobii T60 XL Eye Tracker allowed us to accurately test
complete user journeys from printed brochure to website without
testing messing around with screen settings. It’s radically changed the way
we approach mixed media testing.”
Guy Redwood, MD SimpleUsability Ltd
Commissioned by the UK’s Key questions asked First, participants were shown a timed
The objective of the study was to identify display of a PDF version of each double-
leading recruitment marketing weaknesses and strengths of the campaign page spread in the brochure on the T60 XL
and employer branding agency as a basis for potential improvement: screen. Second, they were taken to a
prototype website and asked to find
Penna Barkers, SimpleUsability t Was the overall tone and delivery correct something of interest to them. They were
Ltd set out to benchmark the for the audience and campaign objec- also given a series of tasks to complete on
tives? the website. Throughout the process, their
effectiveness of a new cam- t Which content attracted the most gaze was recorded by the T60 XL and Tobii
attention? Studio was used for live observation.
paign brochure and website for
t How appropriate was the language?
recruiting graduates to HSBC. t How did participants engage with the Finally, participants were given a hard copy
design and photography in the brochure of the printed brochure to browse.
Eye tracking efficiently high-
and at the website?
lighted strengths and weak- t How does page fold affect website design After the above procedure, all eye tracking
effectiveness? footage was reviewed in-depth by the
nesses and allowed the custom- t Did the brochure and website support moderator and the participant together. In a
er to make confident decisions each other? retrospective interview, supported by a
replay of the test session with gaze data,
about design changes and The study each participant was asked to verbalize
Participants were recruited against an conscious and subconscious strategies.
wording usage. A HD wide-
agreed target user profile that included
screen Tobii T60 XL Eye Tracker students researching university degree
enabled efficient mixed media courses and students finishing their degree.
testing that involved displaying A 24” widescreen Tobii T60 XL Eye Tracker
was used so that full double-page brochure
large stimuli and studying small
spreads could be displayed naturally. The
details. 1920 x 1200 screen resolution ensured
legible and crisp content presentation.
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For further analysis of the eye tracking data, The website contained a key piece of The eye tracking study clearly showed
the Tobii Studio software was used. It content that attracted a lot of attention only exactly which information in the brochure
allowed the team to easily produce visualiza- when the homepage was shown to the user and at the website that users found most
tions and quantitative assessments of visual in a larger than average browser window. interesting. The data strongly supported
attention spent on all the different compo- When displayed in a window that replicated anecdotal evidence from previous market
nents across both printed and online a screen resolution of 1024 x 768, the same research carried out, building a strong case
stimulus. Indicators such as “time to first content was hidden if the user did not scroll. for promoting specific aspects of the offer.
fixation” and “order of fixations” were studied
to support the qualitative feedback gathered Displaying the website at different resolu- Why eye tracking?
in the retrospective review. tions showed that the content should be Our experience is that people are more
moved up above the page fold. inclined to trust objective “scientific” data
The results than subjective feedback. As a research
Eye tracking data clearly highlighted areas in method, eye tracking provides strong
the brochure that attracted high levels of support in convincing customers when
attention and areas that were being ignored. reporting results and backing up recommen-
dations.
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We are also consistently impressed by the Their services segment into three streams;
relentless innovation in analysis tools that user experience design, usability testing and