WebQuilt: A proxy-based approach to remote web usability testing

ACM Transactions on Information Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 263-285

  Hong, Jason I ^a,b   Heer, Jeffrey ^a,b   Waterson, Sarah ^a,b   Landay, James A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

H.1.2 Models and Principles : User Machine Systems Human factors; H.3.5 Information Storage and Retrieval : Online Information Services Web based services; H.5.2 Information Interfaces and Presentation : User Interfaces Evaluation methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012878521     PISSN: 10468188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/502115.502118     Document Type: Article

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