An Auxiliary Tool for Usability and Design Guidelines Validation of Web Sites

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo Ruiz-Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
Web Sites ◽  
Design Guidelines

Improving Usability of Website Design Using W3C Guidelines

2018 ◽  
pp. 8006-8014
Author(s):  
G. Sreedhar
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Software Engineering ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
Optimization Techniques ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Website Design ◽  
Main Theme ◽  
Web Engineering ◽  
The Web

Due to the unceasing growth of web sites and applications, developers and evaluators have interesting challenges not only from the development but also from the quality assurance point of view. The quality assurance was and is one of the challenging processes in software engineering as well as for the web engineering, as a new discipline. Although there exist many design guidelines, and metrics for the evaluation of web sites and applications, most of them lack a well-defined specification framework and even worse a strategy for consultation and reuse. The main theme of the research paper is to provide optimization techniques to improve the correctness of the website.

Improving Usability of Website Design Using W3C Guidelines

2019 ◽  
pp. 1744-1753
Author(s):  
G. Sreedhar
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Software Engineering ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
Optimization Techniques ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Website Design ◽  
Main Theme ◽  
Web Engineering

Due to the unceasing growth of web sites and applications, developers and evaluators have interesting challenges not only from the development but also from the quality assurance point of view. The quality assurance was and is one of the challenging processes in software engineering as well as for web engineering, as a new discipline. Although there exist many design guidelines and metrics for the evaluation of web sites and applications, most of them lack a well-defined specification framework and even worse a strategy for consultation and reuse. The main theme of the chapter is to provide optimization techniques to improve the correctness of the website.

Automatic Usability Evaluation of Mobile Web Pages with XML

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 19-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ankita Kohli ◽  
Chunying Zhao ◽  
Jun Kong
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Xml Schema ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
Mobile Web ◽  
Mobile Design ◽  
Mobile Browsing

Recently, mobile browsing on the World Wide Web is growing rapidly. The growth has created a surge in the number of Web pages designed for mobile devices. To increase the usability of mobile browsing, the Mobile Web Best Practices have been proposed to guide the development of mobile-friendly Web pages. In this paper, the mobileOK checker, a free service provided by W3C, is used to automatically inspect the conformance of 46 popular mobile Web sites to the Mobile Web Best Practices. We analyze the evaluation results and provide suggestions for improving the design of mobile Web sites. In mobile browsing, different mobile devices have different screen sizes, layout structures, and styles to represent Web contents. Furthermore, mobile devices are developing fast. The diversity and fast development of mobile devices cause the mobile design guidelines changing over time. However, the mobileOK checker is not flexible to include new guidelines or customize a best practice rule to fit a specific mobile browsing scenario. To solve this problem, this paper presents a generic approach to represent the mobile design guidelines through an XML schema. Using the XML schema provides the flexibly to support evolving guidelines in an open format. To evaluate our approach, a prototype, WPChecker, has been developed.

Quality Concerns of Web Design Process

2000 ◽  
Vol 44 (12) ◽  
pp. 2-527-2-530
Author(s):  
Dahai Liu ◽  
Ibraheem S. Tarawneh ◽  
Ram Bishu
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Web Design ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
Web Page ◽  
Web Page Design ◽  
Page Design ◽  
Web Quality ◽  
The Web

This paper discusses the issues pertaining to web quality. The web quality is defined in terms of the design process of the web sites as well as the presented information. Within each term a set of criteria was developed that affect the web quality. These sets of criteria are applicable for both web page design guidelines and web page evaluation and improvements. A simple quantitative evaluation model was given using these criteria, the model is based on the AHP methodology.

scholarly journals An Inclusive Guide To Assessing Web Site Effectiveness

2005 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Janna B. Arney ◽  
Paul J. Lazarony
Keyword(s):  
Web Sites ◽  
Web Site ◽  
Web Design ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
Classroom Setting ◽  
Educational Tool ◽  
Site Testing ◽  
Web Documents ◽  
Course Content

This study presents the results of a literature review of the well-established literatures on readability, usability, and Web design.  The purpose of this study is to provide a comprehensive review of the literature on readability, usability, and Web design and to propose a three-step evaluation process to assess Web sites in each of these three areas.  We recommend that this process be used to evaluate existing Web documents and those still in the design phase.  This evaluation process can be utilized as an educational tool in a classroom setting.  Using this process in a classroom provides students with much needed training in a real-world approach to Web site testing without monopolizing the course content.  The research is presented in four sections:  (i) Readability, (ii) Usability, (iii) Web Design Guidelines, and (iv) Three-Step Evaluation Process. 

Optimizing Website Content to Improve Correctness of the Website Design

2016 ◽  
pp. 329-338
Author(s):  
G. Sreedhar
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
Optimization Techniques ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Website Design ◽  
Main Theme ◽  
Web Engineering ◽  
Website Content ◽  
The Web

Due to the unceasing growth of web sites and applications, developers and evaluators have interesting challenges not only from the development but also from the quality assurance point of view. The quality assurance was and is one of the challenging processes in software engineering as well as for the web engineering, as a new discipline. Although there exists many design guidelines, and metrics for the evaluation of web sites and applications, most of them lack a well-defined specification framework and even worse a strategy for consultation and reuse. The main theme of the chapter is to provide optimization techniques to improve the correctness of the website.

Navigability Design and Measurement

2011 ◽  
pp. 642-646 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Zhu ◽  
Yanlong Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Web Sites ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
Significant Issue ◽  
Web Portal ◽  
Web Engineering ◽  
Quantitative Measurements ◽  
The Web

Navigation has been a significant issue in portal design and evaluation because one of the biggest problems in using the Web is “lost in the information ocean.” To solve navigability problems in the development of Web sites in general, and portals in particular, navigation design guidelines and navigability metrics have been proposed and investigated in the literature. The guidelines are rules for the design of portal’s structures to ensure acceptable navigability. The metrics provide a set of quantitative measurements to analyse and evaluate the designs of portals so that the navigability can be judged objectively and compared precisely. These two approaches are complementary to each other, and form a set of Web engineering techniques to solve Web portal navigability problem.

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Web Sites

2000 ◽  
pp. 91-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth V. Small ◽  
Marilyn P. Arnone
Keyword(s):  
Web Sites ◽  
Interface Design ◽  
Theoretical Foundation ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
Diagnostic Methods ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Web Interfaces ◽  
People Search ◽  
The Right

As millions of people “search-and-surf “ the Internet, seeking needed products and services or just exploring to see “what’s out there,” businesses are concerned that their Web sites will: (1) attract both searchers and surfers, (2) interest them long enough to thoroughly explore the site, (3) motivate them to purchase their product or service, and (4) encourage them to return to the site and/or recommend the site to others. As the number of commercial Web sites continues to grow at an explosive rate, this competitive market requires effective interface design guidelines and evaluation criteria. Although there are a number of resources that provide guidance on the structure and content of Web interfaces, they typically focus on content. Some focus heavily on content and validity issues (Does it have the right information?), while others focus on functionality issues (Does it work the way it is supposed to?). Few have a theoretical foundation, offer diagnostic methods for assessing and interpreting results, and provide detailed feedback for improvement. Furthermore, few, if any, emphasize the motivational aspects of Web sites, i.e., those features that stimulate curiosity and engage the user’s interest, while providing relevant content and an easy-to-use interface. These features help to motivate customers to visit, explore, and return to a Web site.

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