Paper Info
Title
Evaluating WIMP Interfaces through the SUE Approach
Abstract
SUE - Systematic Usability Evaluation - is a novel methodology based on the assumption that the evaluation of an interactive application must be conducted under different perspectives, each one focusing on a specific set of application features. The main characteristics of SUE are: i) the combination of inspection techniques and user testing; ii) the use of models for describing the application and identifying the objects relevant for the evaluation; iii) the use of evaluation patterns, called abstract tasks, that precisely describe the evaluator's activity during the inspection. This paper describes how SUE can be applied for the inspection of interactive applications that adopt WIMP interfaces. In particular, the OO-WIMP model is introduced for specifying the interfaces, and a sample of abstract tasks for their inspection is provided. Fragments of inspection results, obtained by applying the abstract tasks to some commercial products, are also reported.
Year
DOI
Venue
1999
10.1109/ICIAP.1999.797765
ICIAP
Keywords
Field
DocType
interactive systems,object-oriented methods,task analysis,user interfaces,OO-WIMP model,SUE approach,abstract tasks,inspection techniques,interactive application,interfaces,systematic usability evaluation,user testing
User testing,Remotely operated underwater vehicle,Terminology,Task analysis,Computer science,Usability,Human–computer interaction,User interface,Electrical capacitance tomography,WIMP
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
0-7695-0040-4
5
0.68
References 
Authors
0
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Maria F. Costabile114340.13
Maristella Matera21093111.97