A model for universal usability on the Web

Lopes, Rui and Carriço, Luís (2008) A model for universal usability on the Web. pp. 63-70. In: Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Understanding Web Evolution (WebEvolve2008), 22 Apr 2008, Beijing, China. ISBN 978 085432885 7.

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Abstract

This paper presents a theoretical model to study the universal usability of the Web, i.e., how usable websites are to a wide range of audiences. We define a set of universal usability metrics (UUM) to be applied into Web portions (e.g., websites, clusters) at different abstraction levels. Model instances afford studying evolution patterns of the Web (e.g., Reachability, Verticality) from a universal usability perspective. This leverages new knowledge that can be used to both explain adequacy of websites to the particularities of users, as well as pointing out future directions for Web standards.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Web Science Comments:	Short paper from the Web Science Workshop at WWW2008
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Web Science, Web Interaction Environments, Universal Usability, Web Metrics, Web Evolution
Subjects:	Web Science Events > WebEvolve2008 WS1 Computer Science > WS12 Decentralized Information Systems
ID Code:	43
Deposited By:	David De Roure
Deposited On:	13 Apr 2008 21:05
Last Modified:	21 Apr 2008 05:36

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