Open AccessThe usability of usability guidelines
Author(s) -
Stefan Cronholm
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
kth publication database diva (kth royal institute of technology)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.1145/1738826.1738864
Subject(s) - usability , computer science , web usability , usability engineering , heuristic evaluation , set (abstract data type) , guideline , usability inspection , pluralistic walkthrough , usability goals , human–computer interaction , medicine , pathology , programming language
This paper is challenging the usability of traditional usability guidelines. The claim is that guideline descriptions and explanations are not satisfactory. Analysis results demonstrate vagueness and are ambiguous in explanation. The aim of the paper is to propose a set of principles (meta-guidelines) to be used for improving the usability of guidelines.
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