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Supporting adaptation of web applications to the mobile environment with automated usability evaluation

Authors:

Luiz F. Gonçalves,

Leandro G. Vasconcelos,

Ethan V. Munson,

Laércio A. BaldochiAuthors Info & Claims

SAC '16: Proceedings of the 31st Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing

Pages 787 - 794

https://doi.org/10.1145/2851613.2851863

Published: 04 April 2016 Publication History

Abstract

The year 2014 marked an important shift in theWeb's history, as users started to spend more time surfing the web using mobile devices than using desktop computers. However, today, a large proportion of websites are still not designed for good mobile device access. To tackle this problem, this paper proposes a new approach to adapting desktop-based web applications to the mobile environment. Our approach is supported by a task-based usability evaluation tool called MOBILICS, which is able to evaluate desktop-based web applications used in mobile devices. Based on the evaluation results, our tool provides detailed recommendations for fixing the detected usability problems. We conducted an experiment which demonstrates that our approach provides useful support for the adaptation of a desktop-based web application into a mobile version.

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Vasconcelos LBaldochi LSantos R(2020)An approach to support the construction of adaptive Web applicationsInternational Journal of Web Information Systems10.1108/IJWIS-12-2018-008916:2(171-199)Online publication date: 26-Feb-2020
https://doi.org/10.1108/IJWIS-12-2018-0089
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Index Terms

Supporting adaptation of web applications to the mobile environment with automated usability evaluation
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. HCI design and evaluation methods
      1. Usability testing
2. Information systems
  1. World Wide Web
    1. Web interfaces

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SAC '16: Proceedings of the 31st Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing

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DOI:10.1145/2851613

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Weichbroth P(2020)Usability of Mobile Applications: A Systematic Literature StudyIEEE Access10.1109/ACCESS.2020.29818928(55563-55577)Online publication date: 2020
https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2981892
Vasconcelos LBaldochi LSantos R(2020)An approach to support the construction of adaptive Web applicationsInternational Journal of Web Information Systems10.1108/IJWIS-12-2018-008916:2(171-199)Online publication date: 26-Feb-2020
https://doi.org/10.1108/IJWIS-12-2018-0089
de Vasconcelos LBaldochi Ldos Santos R(2018)RUM: An Approach to Support Web Applications Adaptation During User BrowsingComputational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 201810.1007/978-3-319-95165-2_6(76-91)Online publication date: 4-Jul-2018
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95165-2_6
Vasconcelos LSantos RBaldochi L(2016)Exploiting Client Logs to Support the Construction of Adaptive e-Commerce Applications2016 IEEE 13th International Conference on e-Business Engineering (ICEBE)10.1109/ICEBE.2016.036(164-169)Online publication date: Nov-2016
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