scholarly journals Exploring User Interface Improvements for Software Developers who are Blind

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Guarionex Salivia ◽  
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Flint Million ◽  
Megan Bening ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Retrieval ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
User Interface ◽  
Software Development ◽  
User Experience ◽  
Single Subject ◽  
Simulation Tool ◽  
Software Developers ◽  
Architecture Simulation ◽  
Development Course

Software developers who are blind and interact with the computer non-visually face unique challenges with information retrieval. We explore the use of speech and Braille combined with software to provide an improved interface to aid with challenges associated with information retrieval. We motivate our design on common tasks performed by students in a software development course using a Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages (MIPS) architecture simulation tool. We test our interface via a single-subject longitudinal study, and we measure and show improvement in both the user’s performance and the user experience.

scholarly journals On the contributions of non-technical stakeholders to describing UX requirements by applying proto-persona

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Eduardo G Pinheiro ◽  
Larissa A. Lopes ◽  
Tayana U. Conte ◽  
Luciana A M Zaina
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
User Experience ◽  
Requirements Elicitation ◽  
Development Phase ◽  
Software Developers

Context: Requirements elicitation is a software development phase that should investigate both functional and user experience (UX) requirements. Proto-persona is a technique that encourages the attention on the needs of a group of users. Usually, its elaboration is conducted by software specialists, technical stakeholders. However, non-technical stakeholders usually know more about target users and frequently do not take part in proto-persona elaboration. Objective: This work has the goal of investigating the contribution of non-technical stakeholders in the specification of UX requirements by using the proto-persona technique. For this, we explored the construction of the proto-personas and the use of these to the prototyping of solutions. Method: We carried out an empirical study in two rounds from which we analyzed and compared the contribution that technical and non-technical stakeholders had on the specification of UX requirements. In the first, 8 non-technical and 5 technical stakeholders built proto-personas. Afterwards, 18 pairs of software developers created low fidelity prototypes by using the information of proto-personas.~For the two rounds, we conducted a qualitative analysis exploring which UX requirements were described and used. Results: Our results revealed that both stakeholders have written up details of UX requirements on the artifact, however, throughout different and complementary perspectives. We also could observe that proto-personas produced by both were used on the prototyping activity. Conclusion: Our paper contributed to demonstrate that non-technical stakeholders were able to contribute to the specification of UX requirements and that proto-persona can boost such activity.

UUX Method Selection

i-com ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Holger Fischer ◽  
Michaela Kauer-Franz ◽  
Dominique Winter ◽  
Stefan Latt
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Present Article ◽  
User Experience ◽  
Interactive System ◽  
Human Centered Design ◽  
Method Selection ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
Context Of Use ◽  
Selection Of

AbstractThe establishment of human-centered design within software development processes is still a challenge. Numerous methods exist that aim to increase the usability and user experience of an interactive system. Nevertheless, the selection of appropriate methods remains to be challenging, as there are multiple different factors that have a significant impact on the appropriateness of the methods in their context of use. The present article investigates current strategies of method selection based on a conference workshop with practitioners. The results show that usability and user experience professionals concentrate on five to seven well-known methods and will need more support to select and use further ones.

scholarly journals The New Mirror: Reflecting on inhabitant behaviour in VR and VR visualisation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Wang ◽  
Tane Moleta ◽  
Marc Aurel Schnabel
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Software Development ◽  
User Experience ◽  
Computational Design ◽  
Digital Representations ◽  
Traditional Design ◽  
Design Cycle ◽  
Immersive Systems ◽  
Modern Era

Technology inevitably evolves and develops rapidly in the modern era, industries and professions continue to strive in integrating, adapting and utilising these advancements to improve, optimise and improve the process of design to manufacture to the user experience. One such system that fits into this category is the advent of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality. The numerous possibilities to which these visually and spatially immersive systems opportunities for immense innovation often lacks direction or an ultimate goal thus rendering this piece of software to often be little more than a visualisation tool.This paper recognises the unique position that VR allows and seeks to interrogate and deconstruct current, traditional design processes to better utilise VR in aiding and reinforcing the idea of partial testing of ideas and concepts throughout the design cycle. Different sciences such as psychology, processes and automation from computational design and considerations within software development will be employed and injected into the broader architectural context in which this research presides. In addition to the VR headset, eye tracking external hardware are integrated to develop a seamless tool and workflow that allows us, as designers to better interrogate clients behaviour within our designed digital representations which leads to validations, evaluations and criticisms of our actions within the architectural realm.

scholarly journals Analisis User Interface terhadap Website Berbasis E-Learning dengan Metode Heuristic Evaluation

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 270-277
Author(s):  
Yemima Monica Geasela ◽  
Pranchis - Ranting ◽  
Johanes Fernandes Andry
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
User Interface ◽  
User Experience ◽  
Interface Design ◽  
Human Factor ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Visual Design ◽  
Heuristic Evaluation ◽  
Support Element ◽  
E Learning

AbstrakDengan berkembangnya teknologi informasi, meningkat pula cara pembelajaran yang semakin modern salah satunya dengan menggunakan e-learning. E-learning adalah suatu model pembelajaran yang menggunakan website sebagai media dasarnya. Dengan adanya e-learning, pembelajaran dapat dilakukan dimanapun dan kapanpun. E-learning yang baik adalah e-learning yang dapat meningkatkan kemampuan pengguna yang menggunakannya. Desain antarmuka menjadi salah satu elemen paling penting yang dapat mendukung kualitas edukasi di dunia maya. Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini bertujuan mengevaluasi desain antarmuka suatu website berbasis e-learning menggunakan human factors dan pendekatan interpretasi ergonomik, untuk meningkatkan usability dan usefulness sebuah sistem. Metode yang dipakai dalam penelitian ini adalah evaluasi heuristik yang terdiri atas 10 aturan prinsipnya yang terkenal dalam melakukan penilaian atas suatu desain antarmuka. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan secara umum penilaian terhadap desain interface dan ketermudahan penggunaan suatu website yang memiliki basis e-learning ditemukan telah cukup baik, akan tetapi masih terdapat beberapa hal yang perlu ditingkatkan, terutama yang bersesuaian dengan karakteristik dalam ketermudahan penggunaan. Kata Kunci: website, e-learning, heuristic, usability AbstractWith the development of information technology, studying process is one of the affected aspect by technology and becoming a new modern studying method called e-learning. E-Learning is a studying model that use website as it basis. With the help of e-learning, studying process can be done anywhere and anytime. A good E-Learning is one that can increase the overall skill of the user. Visual design becoming one of the support element that can help the education quality in cyberspace. Therefore, this research purposes aims is to design an e-learning website using human factor and ergonomi interpretation approaches, to improve the usefulness for user and the usefulness for system. The method used in this research is a method that consist of ten rule that was famous for designing. The result of general research about user interface design and the content about e-learning with a basis of website was good enough, but there is still some problem that must be fixed especially those relating with user experience. Keywords: website, e-learning, heuristic, usability

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