Heuristic evaluation of visual editing on iOS and Android phones

Goal
Evaluate the usability of the 5 basic tasks using visual editing on both iOS and Android phones. This heuristic was done to evaluate if the functionality is ready to be usability tested with new and learning editors.

Heuristics Used
Nielsen/Norman 10 Heuristics for User Interface Design

Tasks Tested
Basic editing tasks:

add text (words / sentences)

add text (paragraph)

format text

add a link

add a citation

Findings


We shared these findings with the team building visual editing on mobile, filed phabricator tasks to address bugs and UX issues, and discussed next steps toward addressing issues observed.