• DocumentCode
    875008
  • Title

    Usability testing a minimal manual for the Intel SatisFAXtion faxmodem

  • Author

    Scholtz, Jean ; Hansen, Marion

  • Author_Institution
    Portland State Univ., OR, USA
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1993
  • fDate
    3/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    7
  • Lastpage
    11
  • Abstract
    Two versions of a manual for the Intel SatisFAXtion faxmodem-the original manual shipped with the product and a proposed shortened manual-are compared. It is found using either manual improves performance over using no manual; there is little difference in performance between the group using the original manual and the group using the proposed shortened manual; and documentation cannot completely compensate for inadequacies in the user interface
  • Keywords
    facsimile equipment; human factors; modems; user manuals; Intel SatisFAXtion faxmodem; documentation; minimal manual; user interface; Costs; Documentation; Graphics; Microcomputers; Printing; Prototypes; Terminology; Testing; Usability; User interfaces;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Professional Communication, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0361-1434
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/47.205023
  • Filename
    205023