AN E-USABILITY VIEW OF THE WEB:A SYSTEMIC METHOD FOR USER INTERFACES

摘要

Different approaches can be applied to assess the usability of a web application. Eachone of them presents advantages and drawbacks, as well as cost-benefits trade-offs. Thiscontribution contains a short review of the state-of-the-art in web usability assessmentissues, by focusing on a new systemic approach, called "e-usability", designed to deal ina more integrated way with the human-computer interaction, so as to allow a morerealistic assessment of web interfaces. The applied methodology is quick and doesn'tneed any artifact design or evaluation cost.