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Evaluating web usability using small display devices

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Carlos J. Costa,

Manuela AparícioAuthors Info & Claims

SIGDOC '07: Proceedings of the 25th annual ACM international conference on Design of communication

Pages 263 - 268

https://doi.org/10.1145/1297144.1297202

Published: 22 October 2007 Publication History

Abstract

Usability is an important issue studied by many researchers and practitioners. Specifically, we are interested in evaluating web usability using small display devices.

In this paper we evaluate different type of navigation using small display devices: links, folio and search. In order to evaluate it, we propose a laboratory prototype.

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Index Terms

Evaluating web usability using small display devices
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction devices
      1. Touch screens
2. Information systems
  1. Information retrieval
    1. Information retrieval query processing

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DOI:10.1145/1297144

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d’Orey Pape RCosta CAparicio Mde Castro Neto M(2023)Determinants of City Mobile Applications Usage and SuccessProceedings of International Conference on Information Technology and Applications10.1007/978-981-19-9331-2_52(605-613)Online publication date: 19-May-2023
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9331-2_52
McNely B(2015)Knowledge work, knowledge playCommunication Design Quarterly10.1145/2721874.27218762:4(14-51)Online publication date: 13-Jan-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2721874.2721876
Coursaris CKim D(2011)A Meta-Analytical Review of Empirical Mobile Usability StudiesJournal of Usability Studies10.5555/2007456.20074596:3(117-171)Online publication date: 1-May-2011
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/2007456.2007459
Carta TPaternò FSantana VProtopsaltis ASpyratos NCosta CMeghini C(2011)Support for remote usability evaluation of web mobile applicationsProceedings of the 29th ACM international conference on Design of communication10.1145/2038476.2038502(129-136)Online publication date: 3-Oct-2011
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