A Comparative Analysis On Methods For Measuring Web Usability

There are many methods in measuring web usability. Each method has its strenght and limitation. This study identified the top three most commonly-used methods in measuring web usability. The three methods were applied and tested using a prototype designed with some major flaws. The results show tha...

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description	There are many methods in measuring web usability. Each method has its strenght and limitation. This study identified the top three most commonly-used methods in measuring web usability. The three methods were applied and tested using a prototype designed with some major flaws. The results show that usability testing, heuristic evaluation, and cognitive walkthrough are the top three methods, and usability testing method (think-aloud technique) is more preferable than the other two in terms of usability problem identified and cost effectiveness.
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The results show that usability testing, heuristic evaluation, and cognitive walkthrough are the top three methods, and usability testing method (think-aloud technique) is more preferable than the other two in terms of usability problem identified and cost effectiveness. 2004-06 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/1411/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/1411/1/ROHANA_HUSIN.pdf application/pdf eng validuser https://etd.uum.edu.my/1411/2/1.ROHANA_HUSIN.pdf application/pdf eng public masters masters Universiti Utara Malaysia Athanasis, K. & Andreas, P. (2001). Heuristic Evaluation of Web-Sites: The Evaluator Expertise and the Heuristic List. World Conference on the WWW-and Internet Proceedings. Orlando. Avouris, N.M. (N.D). An Introduction to Software Usability. Retrieved March 3, 2004 from http://www.ee.upatras.rhci/usabilitynet/5Avouriins tro in usability-pdf. Barnurns. (2002). Usability Testing and Research. New York: Longman Barravale, A. & Lanfranchi, V. (2003). Remote Web Usability Testing. 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