Title

Determining The Effect Of Menu Element Size On Usability Of Mobile Applications

Keywords

design; Fitts's law; human factors; navigation; performance; smartphones; usability

Abstract

As smartphones gain more and more prominence in the life of the public and are increasingly used for daily tasks, the usability of mobile applications accessed through smartphones becomes a growing concern. This two-part study looks at the usability of such applications, focusing on how the size of menu elements affects the usability of mobile applications. In the first study, users were asked to complete an online questionnaire regarding their preferences in relation to smartphone use and mobile applications. In the second study, a non-parametric t-test was used to identify how the size of menu elements affects the usability of mobile applications. Users were asked to complete a specific task navigating two different prototype mobile applications by clicking specific menu options and answering questionnaires to document their experiences. The results of this study found increased element size does increase user preference and overall usability. © 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

Publication Date

8-1-2013

Publication Title

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volume

8015 LNCS

Issue

PART 4

Number of Pages

740-749

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39253-5_83

Socpus ID

84880705640 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84880705640

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