TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing SMASH
T2 - A set of SMArtphone's uSability Heuristics
AU - Inostroza, Rodolfo
AU - Rusu, Cristian
AU - Roncagliolo, Silvana
AU - Rusu, Virginica
AU - Collazos, César A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/1
Y1 - 2016/1
N2 - The smartphone market is nowadays highly competitive. When buying a new device, users focus on visual esthetics, ergonomics, performance, and user experience, among others. Assessing usability issues allows improving these aspects. One popular method for detecting usability problems is heuristic evaluation, in which evaluators employ a set of usability heuristics as guide. Using proper heuristics is highly relevant. In this paper we present SMASH, a set of 12 usability heuristics for smartphones and mobile applications, developed iteratively. SMASH (previously named TMD: Usability heuristics for Touchscreen-based Mobile Devices) was experimentally validated. The results support its utility and effectiveness.
AB - The smartphone market is nowadays highly competitive. When buying a new device, users focus on visual esthetics, ergonomics, performance, and user experience, among others. Assessing usability issues allows improving these aspects. One popular method for detecting usability problems is heuristic evaluation, in which evaluators employ a set of usability heuristics as guide. Using proper heuristics is highly relevant. In this paper we present SMASH, a set of 12 usability heuristics for smartphones and mobile applications, developed iteratively. SMASH (previously named TMD: Usability heuristics for Touchscreen-based Mobile Devices) was experimentally validated. The results support its utility and effectiveness.
KW - Experimental validation
KW - Heuristic evaluation
KW - Smartphones
KW - Usability
KW - Usability heuristics
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84943328081&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.csi.2015.08.007
DO - 10.1016/j.csi.2015.08.007
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84943328081
SN - 0920-5489
VL - 43
SP - 40
EP - 52
JO - Computer Standards and Interfaces
JF - Computer Standards and Interfaces
ER -