Usability attribute is fundamental and critical to a quality and effective web design, so much so that it can make or break the whole look and feel of web design. Usability attribute should be tested thoroughly before making a website live. Now the question is that what is the effective way of testing usability in web design? A simple yet effective technique is by listing the user tasks.

In listing the user tasks technique all the tasks that a user can perform on the website are listed and then different possibilities for performing those tasks being a user and visitor are analyzed. The main focus is to facilitate user so that s/he can perform tasks of interest in the easiest way possible. This testing technique is actually very simple but its outcome and eventual effect on website is significant.