Methodology and tools for applying context-specific usability guidelines to interface design

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 225-243

  Henninger, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; USER INTERFACES;

CONTEXT-SPECIFIC USABILITY GUIDELINES;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 0033883872     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0953-5438(99)00013-2     Document Type: Article

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