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AI · April 24, 2013

Usability checklist – catch common problems before user testing

Website usability audit tool for AI. The 2013 checklist, resurrected for 2026. Copyable prompts to audit any website against proven UX principles.

Usability checklist – catch common problems before user testing launched on April 24, 2013 with 216 votes, #3 of 528 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 13 years on.

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In plain words

Usability Checklist is an AI audit tool that helps identify common website usability problems before user testing. It provides copyable prompts based on proven UX principles from a 2013 checklist, updated for 2026. Users can paste these prompts into AI tools to systematically evaluate websites across various usability dimensions, including localization and personalization. The tool is designed for anyone building or reviewing websites who wants to catch issues early using AI assistance.

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From the sources

I resurrected my web usability checklist from 2013, because I think we need it again. The original checklist hit the front page of Hacker News in 2013 as a simple tool to catch usability problems before user testing. Thirteen years later, AI generates websites faster than anyone can review them. The same principles still apply, but now you can use AI to enforce them. Each item below includes a prompt you can copy and paste into your AI tool to audit any website. Nina Patkai, engineer who likes usability. Portfolio teamsuccess.io Audit this website for localization and personalization. Does it detect or let users set their language, currency, and region? Are delivery options, tax displays,…from userium.com

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