Levels of automation and user participation in usability testing

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 246-264

  Norman, Kent L ^a   Panizzi, Emanuele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Usability testing; User interface; WWW

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EVALUATION FORM; PROTOTYPE METHODS; USABILITY TESTING;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 33144481512     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intcom.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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