Empirically validated web page design metrics

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 53-60

  Ivory, Melody Y ^a   Sinha, Rashmi R ^a   Hearst, Marti A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated usability evaluation; Empirical studies; Web site design; World wide web

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED USABILITY EVALUATION; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; EMPIRICAL FOUNDATIONS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; PAGE COMPOSITION; USER STUDY; WEB PAGE DESIGN; WEB SITE DESIGN;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

WEBSITES;

EID: 0035036185     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/365024.365035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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