Can adaptive interfaces improve the usability of mobile applications?

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 332, Issue , 2010, Pages 187-198

  Wesson, Janet L ^a   Singh, Akash ^a   Van Tonder, Bradley ^a  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adaptive systems; Adaptive user interfaces; Mobile applications; Usability evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MOBILE COMPUTING; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

ADAPTIVE INTERFACE; ADAPTIVE USER INTERFACE; INFORMATION OVERLOADS; INTERACTION MECHANISMS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; SIMPLE TYPES; USABILITY EVALUATION; USABILITY OF MOBILE APPLICATIONS;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 84878811684     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: 1868422X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-15231-3_19     Document Type: Conference Paper

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