#five-second test

[aenuenue]

five-second test

Mark Robinson, a meteorologist at The Weather Network, reached out to Katie Kocmarek of Montoassauraus dog training centre, to get a better understanding of how we can protect our dogs.

Kocmarek says that the best way to check the temperature of a potential walking surface is by giving it a "five-second test." Put your hand flat on the surface for five to 10 seconds, and if you're able to sustain the temperature, your dog can safely do so as well.

If a surface is too hot for your hand, it's too hot for your dog's paws, and your pup could sustain burns. Kocmarek recommends taking your dog for a stroll on a grassy area or in the shaded space. She also reminds us to brings lots of water for those longer walk .

[user-experienced]

UsabilityHub's Five-Second Split Tests

I recently discovered that UsabilityHub allows you to test multiple variations of a page in a single 5-second test. After I set one up (please take the test if you like), I sent them some feedback about being able to share a single url, and have users see one of the variations at random. Not two days later, I got this email in reply:

This feature is now live. Next time you're running variations of a test, you'll find that there's a link to share that will divide your participants as evenly as possible between the variations (image below). You can still link to each test individually too, but users will only be able to complete one variation. Would love to hear your thoughts!

Well, my thoughts are: "Kick ass!". Not only is this feature useful and nicely implemented, the responsiveness of UsabilityHub, and more generally the modern web app development environment is incredible.

So, try it out. Take my test, or create your own.

You may be surprised at what you discover. I found that my pages are utterly failing to communicate much of anything in 5 seconds, but that's for another post.