Web usability: Principles and evaluation methods

Web Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 143-180

  Matera, Maristella ^a   Rizzo, Francesca ^a   Carughi, Giovanni Toffetti ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Development process; Evaluation methods; Web usability; Web usability principles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892343403     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-28218-1_5     Document Type: Chapter

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