Paper Info
Title
Comparing Zooming Methods In Mobile Devices: Effectiveness, Efficiency, And User Satisfaction In Touch And Nontouch Smartphones
Abstract
Mobile devices have small screens that require the user to constantly resize the web content in order to read the text. This study sets out to (a) check whether current mobile devices are able to zoom or increase the font size of text on websites and (b) check the most efficient, effective, and satisfying usability method for the user to do so. A preparation stage with mobile devices and an experiment with real users were designed and carried out. Results suggested that current mobile devices are able to resize text in web pages. User testing returned that there is no difference in the ability to perform the task or in errors or time to complete it between text-resizing methods. However, users preferred increasing/decreasing font size links method in nontouch devices. In the light of results, it is recommended that links are provided to resize the text in web contents and that they are made readily available.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1080/10447318.2015.1064640
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION
Field
DocType
Volume
Preparation stage,User testing,Point (typography),Mobile search,Web page,Computer science,Usability,Zoom,Human–computer interaction,Mobile device,Multimedia
Journal
31
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
11
1044-7318
5
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.44
30
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Eva García-Lopez1225.53
Luis de Marcos211216.95
Antonio Garcia33511.13
Javier Martínez420311.49