Tests of Usability Guidelines About Response to User Actions. Importance, Compliance, and Application of the Guidelines

Usability is a quality that a web page can have due to its simple use. Many recommendations aim to improve the web user experience, but there is no standardization of them. This study is part of a saga, which aims to order existing recommendations and guidelines by analyzing the behavior of 20 Information Technology (IT) developers. This publication analyzes the set of guidelines that determine "user responses" when they interact with a website. It is intended to group these guidelines and obtain data on the application of each of them. The test is carried out with 20 web developers without training or experience in web usability. The objective is to know if there are "user response" guidelines that a developer with no training or usability experience applies innate. Since web developers are also users, it is believed that there may be innate behavior that is not necessarily learned. The purposes of the work are: 1) Enumerate the most forgotten recommendations by web developers. This can help to think about the importance of offering specific training in this field. 2) Know the most important recommendations and guidelines, according to the web developers themselves. The investigation is carried out as follows: First, IT engineers were asked to develop a website; Second, user tests were performed and the most neglected and most applied guidelines were evaluated. The level of compliance was also analyzed, as developers lack experience in web usability and could be applying a guideline, but not correctly; Third, web developers are interviewed to find out what guidelines they consider necessary. The results are intended to help us understand if a web developer without training or experience in web usability can innately apply guidelines on "user responses". The objective of the study is to determine that there are guidelines that are applied intuitively and others that are not, and to know the reason for each situation. The results determine that the guidelines considered essential and those that are most applied innately have something in common. The results reveal that the essential guidelines and those that are most commonly implemented inherently share certain commonalities

Variability in swimmers’ individual kinematics parameters versus training loads

There are many guidelines and recommendations for improving the user experience in websites. Web developers can follow these recommendations to improve the usability of the website and the user experience. Although guidelines and recommendations could not be the final solution to get the optimum usability level, they are useful and fast to apply, in comparison to other kind of usability improvements may involve many time and resources. Currently we can find many websites which contain big usability problems, some of these problems could be solved applying usability guidelines and recommendations. In this research work we analyse the degree of compliance of usability recommendations by web developers. We did an extensive compilation of usability recommendations designed to focus the user attention in the important parts of the website and reduce noise generated by unimportant parts. We analyse the behaviour of 20 web developers to obtain the degree of application of usability recommendations, before they received a specific course on usability, and after it. The purpose of the research is to analyse the degree of compliance with the usability recommendations focused on reducing noise. The two main objectives are (1) Determine which recommendations are the most forgotten by web developers without training in usability. (2) Determine which recommendations are most important according to web developers' thinking. In the conclusions we determine which are the most important recommendations. What are the most applied recommendations and their degree of compliance. Reflections are also extracted about the relationship of the results obtained

Recomendaciones sobre accesibilidad y usabilidad web para usuarios con síndrome de Down

La estructura de las WCAG 2.0 se articula en torno a cuatro principios. 1) Perceptible: la información debe ser evidente a los sentidos de cualquier usuario. 2) Operable: los componentes de navegación y de la interfaz de usuario deben poder ser realizables. 3) Comprensible: la información y el manejo de la interface deben ser inteligibles. 4) Robusto: el contenido debe poder ser interpretado de forma fiable por las aplicaciones de usuario, incluidas las tecnologías de asistencia, (W3C, 2008). Para alcanzar estos principios se deben satisfacer un conjunto de pautas, que se cumplen estableciendo una serie de criterios de conformidad. Cada uno de estos criterios se asocia con un grupo de personas especialmente favorecidas por el cumplimiento del mismo, según el apartado “Specific Benefits of Success Criterion”. El síndrome de Down es una condición genética que se caracteriza por un conjunto de síntomas y signos causados por la copia total o parcial del cromosoma 21. Dichos síntomas pueden verse dificultados por las competencias que demanda la navegación por Internet, (Poseidon, 2017

Analysis of the Impact of Applying UX Guidelines to Reduce Noise and Focus Attention

This research work is the continuation of previous, in which a set of usability guidelines where proposed. These guidelines were obtained from various authors and recommendations. The common part of those guides was that all of them were useful to reduce the noise and focus the attention of users in web interfaces. Some of these recommendations were evaluated in very confined environments, this research tries to evaluate the possible advantage of applying every one of these recommendations, quantifying in an experiment with real users what could be the potential time gain applying every of the recommendations. We have designed a set of web applications in which the user has to complete a simple task, some of the applications fill the usability guidelines and others not. With obtained data in the experiment, the web developers could choose in a more precise way which recommendations could be implemented in their interfaces to get a more efficient user interaction

Metodología de evaluación de accesibilidad y usabilidad web con personas con síndrome de Down

Ponencia de la conferencia "15th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, CISTI 2020; Seville; Spain; 24 June 2020 through 27 June 2020"This work describes the methodological process carried out during an investigation that aimed to publish a list of useful web accessibility and usability guidelines and recommendations for users with Down syndrome. The division of the article is as follows: 1) First, a brief state of the art is offered where the main objective of the research is summarized, and the methods used in it are highlighted. These methods are interviews, user tests, and eye-tracking tests. It is intended to justify the importance of the correct application of these methods and their relevance during data extraction. 2) Next, each of the methods is detailed, explaining the set of rational procedures used to achieve the objective. This explanation is supported by bibliographic references of recognized prestige and other alternative research techniques, such as interviews with experts. 3) Finally, a set of conclusions and good practices is outlined that can be used for research that aims to work with participants who share similarities with those of this study. © 2020 AISTI

Test usability guidelines and follow conventions. Useful recommendations from web developers

Usability measures the quality of use when a user interacts with a website. There are many guidelines and recommendations to improve the user experience on websites. The purpose of this study is to analyze the degree of compliance with the well-known recommendation “follow conventions.” The behavior of 20 IT engineers is analyzed to obtain application data for each of the associated guidelines. This test is carried out with web developers without training in web usability. The purpose of the analysis is to know if there are guidelines that are applied innate. As web developers are also users, it is thought that there may be some innate behavior when applying these guidelines. The purposes of the paper are: (1) Make a list of the most forgotten recommendations by web developers to think about the importance of offering specific training in this field. (2) Know the most important recommendations according to web developers. To get the study purposes the research is carried out as follows. User tests are carried out to evaluate the most forgotten and applied proposals by the developers. Examinations are also done to determine the level of compliance since the participants lack experience in web usability. Interviews with web developers are carried out to evaluate the recommendations considered necessary. It is expected to find results that help to understand if a web developer without training in usability can innately apply guidelines on conventions. And if this native application of the guidance it is useful. We want to show that there are guidelines that are used intuitively. And that there are guidelines that do not apply, and the reason for each situation. The results indicate that the guidelines considered essential and those most applied by web developers without training have something in common. All of them focus on design and seek to design and adjust to known standards that facilitate user navigation

Web access experiences of people with Down syndrome

Social integration is now the norm for many children and adults with Down syndrome. Many persons with Down syndrome are interested in being active members of society. Social isolation is experienced by around 6% of the population with Down syndrome in terms of daily activities but this figure increases to three times when requiring the use of a computer to access the internet. There are therefore, major website accessibility barriers for users with Down syndrome. Trisomy of chromosome 21 causes a series of symptoms that directly affect ones internet browsing capabilities. These include speech disturbances making communication difficult, hearing impairments making understanding of audio also difficult and dexterity problems impairing speed of use. Many of these physical disabilities are further affected by the underlying cognitive disability. After assessing the needs, the benefits of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0), the usability guidelines were analyzed and those useful for persons with Down syndrome were extracted. User tests were carried out to demonstrate the level of effectiveness of these guidelines. Recommendations are made

Web Page Design Recommendations for People with Down Syndrome Based on Users' Experiences

At present, there is a high number of people with Down syndrome interested and trained to be an active part of society. According to the data extracted by our surveys we know that only 6% of the population with Down syndrome feels isolated in daily activities. However, when the activity requires the use of a computer, the percentage of people who feel isolated increases to 18%. This means that there are obvious website accessibility barriers that make it difficult for users with Down syndrome. To solve this problem, it is considered necessary to make an exhaustive study about Down syndrome. We know that the trisomy of chromosome 21 causes a series of symptoms that directly affect ones Internet browsing capabilities. For example, speech disturbances make communication and speed difficult. This guide is based on a neurological study of Down syndrome. Alterations in listening make understanding audio, retention of audio concepts and speed difficult. The alterations in the physiognomy of movement make it difficult for them to act quickly. Many of these alterations are caused by cognitive disability. After assessing the needs, the benefits of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0), and the existing usability guidelines are analyzed and those that may be useful for this profile are extracted. User tests are carried out through two websites developed specifically for this study with the aim of demonstrating the level of effectiveness of each of the planned guidelines. Considering the neurological characteristics of this intellectual disability, research is developed that seeks to extract a list of useful accessibility and usability guidelines for web developers

Women in science and technology studies. A study about the influence of parents on their children's choice of speciality. And about the trend of the different specialities in Spanish students

This research investigates the reasons for the lack of enrollment of women in science careers, a strong trend in Spain and many other countries. One of the branches of knowledge in which this lack of women is most noticeable in computing. The hypothesis is that parents' academic training could influence their children's academic training and orientation towards scientific specialities. This analysis includes the first two grades of hihg school. In the Spanish Educational System, students choose their speciality in these two final stages, so their university future is conditioned. It has designed a survey that includes questions about parents' training and employment. One hundred sixty-eight students answered thus survey of the Baccalaureate and Technical / Professional Schools in Spain. The results and conclusions set out the necessary bases to design a tool that simulates students' behaviour when they enrol. And identify the premises considered during the choice of studies. It would be interesting to get a system that encourages the motivation of women for scientific careers

Compliance and application tests of usability guidelines about giving information quickly and comprehensibly

The objective of this publication is to analyze compliance with the web usability guidelines onGiving information quickly and comprehensibly. The behavior of 20 IT engineers without experience in web usability is analyzed to collect data on the application and compliance of each of the studied guidelines. The objectives are: (1) make a list of recommendations on the presentation of information and possible actions in a quickly understandable way. And highlight the most forgotten guidelines or the worst followed by web developers to think about the importance of offering specific training in this field. (2) Know the most important guidelines according to the participants themselves. To obtain the results, user tests are performed that evaluate the most ignored and applied guidelines. And its correct compliance is studied, since the participants do not have experience in web usability. Besides, interviews are conducted to find out which are the guidelines that they consider most important. It is expected to know if there are guidelines that apply intuitively and why. It is also intended to know if this innate application is helpful or compliance is wrong and needs specific training