Mobile websites: Usability evaluation and design

International Journal of Mobile Communications

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-55

  Tsiaousis, Alexandros S ^a   Giaglis, George M ^a  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Distractions; Environmental context; Mobile context; Mobile usability; Mobile website design; Mobile website usability; Mobile websites; Usability evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894228438     PISSN: 1470949X     EISSN: 17415217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMC.2014.059241     Document Type: Article

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