The contribution of apparent and inherent usability to a user's satisfaction in a searching and browsing task on the Web

Ergonomics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 415-424

  Fu, Limin ^a   Salvendy, Gavriel ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apparent usability; Browsing; Inherent usability; Searching; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; WEBSITES;

INHERENT USABILITY;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIABILITY; SATISFACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER LITERACY; COMPUTER USER TRAINING; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0037095452     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130110120033     Document Type: Article

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