Applying eye trackers monitoring for effective exploratory user interface testing

A system for utilizing eye tracking information for user interface (UI) element analysis and testing, the system comprising:

• one or more eye-gazing tracking enabled devices;
• and
• a processor coupled to the one or more eye-gazing tracking enabled devices, the processor configured to:
• receive from a first of the one or more eye-gazing tracking enabled devices eye tracking data information including one or more of eye tracking focus, time, and path from a user utilizing UI elements of an application on the first eye-gazing tracking enabled device to form a usage history of the UI elements, wherein the eye tracking data information is received from a plurality of users from corresponding ones of the one or more eye-gazing tracking enabled devices, and the plurality of users comprise various levels of expertise, wherein the UI testing coverage criteria is based on a particular level of expertise;
• analyze the usage history of the UI elements to determine a UI coverage for the application;
• compare the UI coverage for the application to a UI testing coverage criteria to form a testing coverage assessment;
• and
• report the testing coverage assessment.

A computer program product for utilizing eye tracking information for user interface (UI) element analysis and testing, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to:

• receive, from an eye-gazing tracking enabled device, eye tracking data information including one or more of eye tracking focus, time, and path from a user utilizing UI elements of an application on the eye-gazing tracking enabled device to form a usage history of the UI elements, wherein the eye tracking data information is received from a plurality of users from corresponding ones of a plurality of eye-gazing tracking enabled devices, wherein the plurality of users comprise various levels of expertise, wherein the UI testing coverage criteria is based on a particular level of expertise;
• analyze the usage history of the UI elements to determine a UI coverage for the application;
• compare the UI coverage for the application to a UI testing coverage criteria to form a testing coverage assessment;
• and
• report the testing coverage assessment.