Title :
Guiding usability evaluators during hypermedia inspection
Author :
Costabile, M.F. ; De Angeli, Antonella ; Matera, M.
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Informatica, Bari Univ., Italy
Abstract :
This paper presents an empirical validation of the abstract tasks (ATs), which are operational guidelines driving the inspection activities during a usability evaluation. Two groups of inspectors evaluated a multimedia CD-ROM, one group using the ATs, the other group using a list of heuristics. Results demonstrated a better performance of the AT group but raised some issues concerning the acceptability of the technique
Keywords :
CD-ROMs; human factors; hypermedia; user interfaces; CD-ROM; abstract tasks; heuristics; hypermedia inspection; multimedia; operational guidelines; performance; usability evaluation; CD recording; CD-ROMs; Design for experiments; Digital audio players; Guidelines; Human computer interaction; Inspection; Proposals; Seminars; Usability;
Conference_Titel :
Human-Centric Computing Languages and Environments, 2001. Proceedings IEEE Symposia on
Conference_Location :
Stresa
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7198-4
DOI :
10.1109/HCC.2001.995283
