RIS ID
10073
Abstract
Traditional laboratory based usability testing methodologies are plagued with shortcomings which affect the results of the testing process and their validity. The results of a preliminary study of this type of usability testing with 34 users indicate two categories of key shortcomings. A new summative website usability testing methodology based on the notion of distributed usability and Activity Theory is presented as a means of overcoming these problems. This paper describes the theoretical foundations and development of the methodology which is currently being evaluated and refined.
Publication Details
Vrazalic, L. (2003). Website Usability in Context: An Activity Theory Based Usability Testing Method. In G. Whymark (Eds.), Transformational Tools for 21st Century Minds (pp. 41-47). Eveleigh (NSW): Knowledge Creation Press Pty Ltd.