GUITESTER: A log-based usability testing tool for graphical user interfaces

IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems

Volumn E82-D, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1030-1041

  Okada, Hidehiko ^a   Asahi, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Graphical user interfaces; Humancomputer interaction; Interaction patterns; Log files; Usability

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER TESTING; ERROR DETECTION; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

GUITESTER; INTERACTION PATTERNS; LOG FILES;

GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES;

EID: 0033353363     PISSN: 09168532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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