Usability Evaluation Based on Web Design Perspective Paper Written by: Conte et. al., 2007 Reported by: Renato Casipe
Basis for WDP Object-oriented hypermedia design model (OHDM) Web modeling language (WebML) W2000 Object-oriented hypermedia method (OO-H) Web application extension (WAE) UML-based Web engineering (UWE) Object-oriented Web solution (OOWS) Ariadne development method (ADM) Experience with industrial Web projects Nielsen’s Heuristics
Proposed Web Design Perspectives (WDP) Conceptual: is satisfactory if different users easily understand domain terms, what prevents mistakes caused by ambiguous, inconsistent or unknown terms. Presentation: is satisfactory if the arrangement of interface’s elements allow the user to accomplish his/her tasks effectively, efficiently and pleasantly.
Proposed Web Design Perspectives (WPD) Navigation: is satisfactory if the navigation options allow the user to accomplish his/her tasks effectively, efficiently and pleasantly. Structure: is satisfactory if the arrangement of the components and modules allow the user to accomplish his/her in an effective, efficient and pleasant way.
WDP and Heuristics
Why use Usability Evaluation with WDP instead of Nielsen’s HE? It has been validated to be more efficient and effective for Web systems.