Usability Evaluations for Multi-device Application Development - Three Example Studies

Abstract. This paper discusses three example studies, that informed user interface guidelines, developed for a set of different classes of mobile devices. The results of these studies show answers to typical design problems arising during the development of mobile applications. Furthermore the studies are meant to be examples showing which kind of studies are required in order to develop a sufficient pool of user interface guidelines covering almost all sorts of mobile devices.

MAUSE-COST294:A community of interest and practice

\u3cp\u3eMAUSE-COST294 is a community of interest with its mimbers sharing a common goal of bringing more science to bear on usability evaluation methods. This goal is being realized through systematic collaborative efforts of a nework of usability experts and learners. Scientific activities are being coordinated under the respective frameworks of four Working Groups (WGs) with each of them having specific objectives, inputs and anticipated outputs. Further, MAUSE partners' research projects on usability will be integrated into the WGs. Specifically, several partners are actively involved in researching the usability of mobile user interfaces. Usability evaluation, Quality models, Multi-site experiments, Meta-analysis, Defect classification, Mobile user interfaces.\u3c/p\u3