The effect of context and application type on mobile usability: An empirical study

Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series

Volumn 38, Issue , 2005, Pages 115-124

  Ryan, Caspar ^a   Gonsalves, Atish ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Context; Empirical study; Mobile usability; Smart clients

Indexed keywords

CLIENT-SIDE APPLICATION; CONTEXT; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; LOCATION CONTEXTS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; MOBILE USABILITY; MOBILE WEB; PC-BASED; SMART CLIENT; SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION; WEB BASED;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; SOFTWARE TESTING; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

MOBILE DEVICES;

EID: 84868687509     PISSN: 14451336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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