Open Source Usability Software

Non-stealth keylogger for Windows. Records mouse and keyboard (precision~10-15ms), log of events (disk size~2.5k/s) + log of operations (~ 0.2k/s). Standalone, with local copy of Python: unzip to install, delete to uninstall.NEW: hidden/visible icon

Palette Designer facilitates designing color codes for electronic visual displays that comply with established human factors usability principles. It calculates colorimetric figures of merit for a user-specified color set and flags colors and color combinations that may be problematic. It also draws figures that help users visualize important characteristics of the color set and find ways to improve it. It can be used by itself or in conjunction with software that uses aesthetic considerations such as color harmony to create color sets. Palette Designer consists of an Excel spreadsheet, supplemented with Visual Basic macros. It has been tested under Office 2010 and 2016 for Windows and Office 2011 and 2016 for Mac. It is not compatible with LibreOffice or Apache OpenOffice.

A C (and JavaScript) library providing predictive text functions. The API is very simple and provides dictionary autocomplete and partial/full matching. Sample cellphone-like examples are included.

JSpoor is a utility software for logging and recording of user interface events and actions during working sessions of users with a Java/Swing Software. It captures and records both high level (semantic) actions and low level actions such as mouse moves.

Scripts for questionnaire sorting studies. Needs a server plus PHP 5 and MySQL 5. Free and closed sorting, partition, fuzzy, and graded sorting, hierarchy construction, multiple sorting, R- and S-mode display. Text questions. Text, image or object items.

A HTTP-proxy, written in JAVA for the purpose of tracking users. It's main (and at the moment only) use, is to gather data for usability testing.

The UI Nav Test Tool is a web based application for testing the usability of labeling and organization for navigation systems. The test tool presents tasks to a research participant and collects data as they interact with a proposed navigation system.

A suite of tools to carry out remote evaluation of website usability through Firefox.

Jyntax is a simple, easy-to-use, light-weight syntax highlighter for Java. It is designed for applications providing JTextComponents that should be enriched with syntactical highlighting and works best for formal (logical or mathematical) input.