The impact of guidance and online help features on user interface usability

Author

Smith, Timothy W. ; Vogel, Douglas ; Nunamaker, Jay F.

Author_Institution

DePaul Univ., Chicago, IL, USA

Volume

iii

fYear

1991

fDate

8-11 Jan 1991

Firstpage

477

Abstract

Research is given on two specific design features of a user interface implementation in an attempt to isolate their impact on user performance. A 3×2×2 full factorial between subjects design was employed in a laboratory experiment, systematically varying the existence of nonexistence of a user interface shell and the media of help documentation (either online or written), while blocking for varying levels of user experience. Subjects completed a set of tasks using one of four user interface implementations, so the experimenters could collect and evaluate various performance and attitudinal measures

Keywords

human factors; interactive systems; user interfaces; attitudinal measures; design features; full factorial; help documentation; laboratory experiment; nonexistence; online help features; user interface implementation; user interface shell; user interface usability; user performance; Art; Decision support systems; Design for experiments; Documentation; Electronic switching systems; Human computer interaction; Laboratories; Solids; Usability; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences, 1991. Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Hawaii International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kauai, HI

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.1991.184177

Filename

184177