Crucial web usability factors of 36 industries for students: A large-scale empirical study

Electronic Commerce Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 151-180

  Nathan, Robert J ^a   Yeow, Paul H P ^b  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Clarity of goals in website; Ease of web navigation; Interactivity of website; Malaysia; Student Internet users; Trustworthiness of website; Use of color and fonts; Use of graphics and multimedia; User Testing method; Website design guidelines

Indexed keywords

LINEAR REGRESSION; STUDENTS; TESTING; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

CLARITY OF GOAL IN WEBSITE; EASE OF WEB NAVIGATION; GRAPHICS AND MULTIMEDIAS; INTERACTIVITY; INTERACTIVITY OF WEBSITE; INTERNET USERS; MALAYSIA; STUDENT INTERNET USER; TESTING METHOD; TRUSTWORTHINESS OF WEBSITE; USE OF COLOR AND FONT; USE OF GRAPHIC AND MULTIMEDIUM; USER TESTING; USER TESTING METHOD; WEB NAVIGATION; WEBSITE DESIGN GUIDELINE;

WEB DESIGN;

EID: 79953716795     PISSN: 13895753     EISSN: 15729362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10660-010-9054-0     Document Type: Article

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