A study on how usability flaws in GUI design increase mouse movements and consequently may affect users' health

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 425-436

  Kostaras, Nektarios ^a   Xenos, Michalis ^a  

^a HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

mouse movement; software usability; usability flaws

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONFIGURATION; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MEDICAL SCIENCE; MOUSE MOVEMENTS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; SIDE EFFECT; SOFTWARE PRODUCTS; SOFTWARE PROGRAM; SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE USABILITY; UPPER EXTREMITY; USABILITY FLAWS; USER FRIENDLY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

USABILITY ENGINEERING;

EID: 79956074596     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2010.529943     Document Type: Article

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