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The effects of prototype medium on usability testing
- Source :
- Applied Ergonomics. 44:1033-1038
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2013.
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Abstract
- Inconsistencies among testing methods and results in previous research prompted this study that builds upon a systematic usability testing research framework to better understand how interface medium influences users' abilities to detect usability flaws in applications. Interface medium was tested to identify its effects on users' perceptions of usability and abilities to detect usability problems and severe usability problems. Results indicated that medium has no effect on users' abilities to detect usability problems or perceptions of usability. However, results did indicate an interaction between the medium and the tested application in which users were able to identify significantly more usability problems on a higher fidelity medium using a particular application. Results also indicated that as users' perceptions of an application's usability increases, the users are less able to detect usability problems in that application. Usability testing should begin early in the design process, even if low fidelity mediums will be used.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Paper
Adolescent
Pluralistic walkthrough
Cognitive walkthrough
Computer science
Usability inspection
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Human Factors and Ergonomics
computer.software_genre
Usability lab
User-Computer Interface
Young Adult
Human–computer interaction
Usability engineering
Humans
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Engineering (miscellaneous)
Web usability
Multimedia
business.industry
Usability
Consumer Behavior
Usability goals
Computer Terminals
Female
Perception
Comprehension
business
computer
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00036870
- Volume :
- 44
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Applied Ergonomics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....65d358cd343bde927110ecdc00fd8c91