Web usability inspection technique based on design perspectives

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Published 29/07/2012

Abstract

A usability inspection technique called Web design perspective based usability evaluation (WDP) as well as the experimentation methodology followed to support its development and improvement is described. Three experimental studies (one secondary and two primaries) were carried out and led to the current version of WDP. Results indicate the feasibility of the WDP technique and its possibility to be more effective than and as efficient as Nielsen's heuristics evaluation.

Inspec keywords: Web design; user interfaces

Other keywords: usability inspection technique; Web design perspective; Web usability inspection technique; Nielsen heuristics evaluation

Subjects: User interfaces; Information networks

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