The investigation of online manuals and the role guidelines abstraction has on the usefulness of interface design guidelines in the evaluation of user system interfaces

dc.contributor.authorReaux, Ray A.en
dc.contributor.departmentIndustrial Engineering and Operations Researchen
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-28T20:42:19Zen
dc.date.available2015-07-28T20:42:19Zen
dc.date.issued1987en
dc.description.abstractUser system interface guidelines are emerging as a tool for user interface design. However, guidelines are relatively new, and the effectiveness of guidelines in their present form is still being debated. Some designers of USI tools are attempting to place guidelines online in browsing systems, often as a part of automated USI design tools. This thesis studies the role levels of abstraction has on the detection of USI guidelines violations in user interface evaluation. Studies of online guidance systems, such as help manuals, have yielded mixed results in comparing performance when using online systems versus hardcopy manuals. This thesis also explores the effect which guideline presentation media has upon guidelines usage.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentviii, 152 leavesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/54877en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 16837206en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1987.R437en
dc.subject.lcshComputer programs -- Handbooks, manuals, etcen
dc.subject.lcshHuman engineeringen
dc.titleThe investigation of online manuals and the role guidelines abstraction has on the usefulness of interface design guidelines in the evaluation of user system interfacesen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineIndustrial Engineering and Operations Researchen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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