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Title: | Scrolling versus menus on small mobile device screens: a mobile portal usability study |
Authors: | Wu, Bruce Cao, Fang Archer, Norman P. McMaster eBusiness Research Centre (MeRC) |
Keywords: | Business;E-Commerce;Business |
Publication Date: | Jul-2008 |
Series/Report no.: | MeRC working paper no. 24 |
Abstract: | <p>Developing an application interface for wireless portable devices that is acceptable to end-users is more complex than it is for desktop displays. One way this challenge can be addressed is by providing application access through wireless Web portals. This paper presents a usability study of a wireless Web application, based on reusable portlets that support different functionalities t1:1rough wireless PDAs. Two wireless PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) interfaces were developed for an organizational application. The first used a PDA display of the equivalent desktop version that made all functionalities available by scrolling, and the second version utilized five portlets in separate displays, each supporting a functionality that linked to the other portlets through menus. Summative comparisons of the wireless interfaces were used to gather user perceptions of three versions of the interface: a full desktop computer display, the scrollable PDA version, and the menu-driven PDA version. Outcomes indicated that users preferred the desktop interface but their ranking was indifferent between the menu-driven and scrollable PDA interfaces.</p> |
Description: | <p>24 p. ; Includes bibliographical references. ; "July 2008."</p> |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/5317 |
Identifier: | merc/14 1013 4943349 |
Appears in Collections: | MeRC (McMaster eBusiness Research Centre) Working Paper Series |
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