Structured heuristic evaluation of online documentation

IEEE International Professional Communication Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 331-342

  Kantner, Laurie ^a   Shroyer, Roberta ^a   Rosenbaum, Stephanie ^a  

^a Tec Ed Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Heuristic evaluation; Online documentation; Online help; Usability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HEURISTIC METHODS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; ITERATIVE METHODS; PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

ONLINE DOCUMENTATION;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0036444640     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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