Welcome to this site, developed by the International Usability Partners to showcase a set of guidelines we have developed to assist usability practitioners in recruiting participants in multi-country usability research.

The International Usability Partners, or IUP, are an established network of independent usability companies who have joined up to provide user experience services worldwide.

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If you are interested in our guidelines, or would like to contribute to their development as a free resource for practitioners everywhere, you can do so here.


New International Usability Partners in India and the United States

HumanCentric (United States) and Kern Communications (India) have joined the International Usability Partners (IUP). The IUP is a network of independent usability companies who have joined together to provide user experience services worldwide.

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IUP Mobile Transactions Report - 2008

The IUP recently carried out a study seeing how users perform transactions using their mobile phones. The study findings culminated in a poster and a presentation. The IUP will present both of these at the UPA Europe Conference in Turin, which runs from 4th-6th December, 2008.

View the presentation (PPT format).

Download the poster (PDF format).

Read more about the UPA European Conference.