Special issueAdvance design and neo-usability. Dynamic usability.

Strategies to design for dynamic usability

Since usability is a property of the interaction between a product, a user and the task that he or she is trying to complete [6], a product’s usability can vary when it is used in varying use situations. We define this as dynamic usability. This study is aimed at exploring how practitioners currently deal with dynamic usability. From a retrospective case study research of three design projects ...

AJAX design and usability

AJAX, and related approaches that enable greater levels of interaction within web pages, have the potential to both help and hinder usability. This half-day interactive tutorial examines the issues, providing examples and guidance on appropriate application of these technologies.

Design, Implementation, and Usability

Design for usability

Making the information society accessible to all requires both physical accessibility and cognitive accessibility (Bevan 1999c). Just as physical accessibility means providing the right physical interface, so cognitive accessibility means matching the functionality, terminology, information and interface to the needs of the individual user. The emphasis in systems design has traditionally been ...

Exploring usability: design for dynamic and diverse use situations