A web usability assessment model and automated toolset
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Copy right Idea Grou p Inc . Copy right Idea Grou p Inc . Many organizations are taking advantage of World Wide Web market opportunities through the development of electronic commerce (E-Commerce) web sites. The implementation of an E-Commerce web site, however, doesnt guarantee marketing and financial success. In fact, it could adversely impact the organization when the site is viewed as consumer unfriendly or unusable. An E-Commerce site will be most successful when consumer usability attributes (e.g., performance, design layout, navigation) drive its development. This chapter describes a web usability assessment tool that is being developed to provide usability feedback on a particular web site. The tool incorporates a set of usability attributes with user profile data and organizational goals for ongoing assessment of the effectiveness of a web site.
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