DocumentCode
1628383
Title
A Framework to Support E-Commerce Development for People with Visual Impairment
Author
Francis, Hulya ; Al-Jumeily, Dhiya ; Lund, Tom Oliver
Author_Institution
Appl. Comput. Res. Group, Liverpool John Moores Univ., Liverpool, UK
fYear
2013
Firstpage
335
Lastpage
341
Abstract
The World Wide Web Consortium provides software developers with guidelines for designing accessible, cross browser compatible websites. Currently however, there are no guidelines in this area specific to the features of an e-commerce website. This paper explores the current usability issues relevant to users with visual impairment and further proposes a framework that seeks to ensure the site is suitable for visually impaired users. This paper includes data analysis which compares current issues in web technologies suitable for e-commerce and proposes system adaptations which can be conducted to portray the improvements in overall user experience. To this extent, several validation tools and testing techniques have been used to identify the usability issues that visually impaired users currently face when shopping online.
Keywords
Web sites; data analysis; electronic commerce; handicapped aids; Web technologies; World Wide Web consortium; browser compatible Web sites; data analysis; e-commerce Web site; e-commerce development; online shopping; software developers; usability issues; user experience; validation tools; visual impairment; visually impaired users; Guidelines; HTML; Image color analysis; Navigation; Testing; Usability; Visualization; compatible; e-commerce; funtional prototype; validation tools; visual impairments;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Developments in eSystems Engineering (DeSE), 2013 Sixth International Conference on
Conference_Location
Abu Dhabi
ISSN
2161-1343
Print_ISBN
978-1-4799-5263-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/DeSE.2013.66
Filename
7041139
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