It''s been known for years that usability testing can dramatically improve products. But with a typical price tag of $5,000 to $10,000 for a usability consultant to conduct each round of tests, it rarely happens. <br><br>In this how-to companion to <i>Don''t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability</i>, Steve Krug spells out a streamlined approach to usability testing that anyone can easily apply to their own Web site, application, or other product. (As he said in <i>Don''t Make Me Think</i>, "It''s not rocket surgery".) <br><br>Using practical advice, plenty of illustrations, and his trademark humor, Steve explains how to: <br><ul><li>Test any design, from a sketch on a napkin to a fully-functioning Web site or application</li><li>Keep your focus on finding the most important problems (because no one has the time or resources to fix them all)</li><li>Fix the problems that you find, using his "The least you can do" approach</li></ul>By paring the process of testing and f