Two cultures? The disconnect between the web standards movement and research-based web design guidelines for older people

2006 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Sloan
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Web Design ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
Two Cultures ◽  
Web Standards ◽  
Standards Movement ◽  
The Web

From Text to e-Text - Resisting Print

2011 ◽  
pp. 176-194
Author(s):  
Katy Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Web Design ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
Message Design ◽  
Screen Design ◽  
Text Design ◽  
The Web

In Chapter 5, you were introduced to the idea of message design, a concept that integrates the research in text design and screen design. Many of the Web design guidelines developed through the last half of the 90s were heavily grounded in research done in print design and reflect this work.

Quality Concerns of Web Design Process

2000 ◽  
Vol 44 (12) ◽  
pp. 2-527-2-530
Author(s):  
Dahai Liu ◽  
Ibraheem S. Tarawneh ◽  
Ram Bishu
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Web Design ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
Web Page ◽  
Web Page Design ◽  
Page Design ◽  
Web Quality ◽  
The Web

This paper discusses the issues pertaining to web quality. The web quality is defined in terms of the design process of the web sites as well as the presented information. Within each term a set of criteria was developed that affect the web quality. These sets of criteria are applicable for both web page design guidelines and web page evaluation and improvements. A simple quantitative evaluation model was given using these criteria, the model is based on the AHP methodology.

scholarly journals A Suite of Mobile Conversational Agents for Daily Stress Management (Popbots): Mixed Methods Exploratory Study (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Louis Mauriello ◽  
Nantanick Tantivasadakarn ◽  
Marco Antonio Mora-Mendoza ◽  
Emmanuel Thierry Lincoln ◽  
Grace Hon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stress Management ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
Coping Resources ◽  
Rank Test ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Conversational Agents ◽  
Daily Stress ◽  
Web Based ◽  
The Web

BACKGROUND Approximately 60%-80% of the primary care visits have a psychological stress component, but only 3% of patients receive stress management advice during these visits. Given recent advances in natural language processing, there is renewed interest in mental health chatbots. Conversational agents that can understand a user’s problems and deliver advice that mitigates the effects of daily stress could be an effective public health tool. However, such systems are complex to build and costly to develop. OBJECTIVE To address these challenges, our aim is to develop and evaluate a fully automated mobile suite of shallow chatbots—we call them Popbots—that may serve as a new species of chatbots and further complement human assistance in an ecosystem of stress management support. METHODS After conducting an exploratory Wizard of Oz study (N=14) to evaluate the feasibility of a suite of multiple chatbots, we conducted a web-based study (N=47) to evaluate the implementation of our prototype. Each participant was randomly assigned to a different chatbot designed on the basis of a proven cognitive or behavioral intervention method. To measure the effectiveness of the chatbots, the participants’ stress levels were determined using self-reported psychometric evaluations (eg, web-based daily surveys and Patient Health Questionnaire-4). The participants in these studies were recruited through email and enrolled on the web, and some of them participated in follow-up interviews that were conducted in person or on the web (as necessary). RESULTS Of the 47 participants, 31 (66%) completed the main study. The findings suggest that the users viewed the conversations with our chatbots as helpful or at least neutral and came away with increasingly positive sentiment toward the use of chatbots for proactive stress management. Moreover, those users who used the system more often (ie, they had more than or equal to the median number of conversations) noted a decrease in depression symptoms compared with those who used the system less often based on a Wilcoxon signed-rank test (W=91.50; Z=−2.54; <i>P</i>=.01; <i>r</i>=0.47). The follow-up interviews with a subset of the participants indicated that half of the common daily stressors could be discussed with chatbots, potentially reducing the burden on human coping resources. CONCLUSIONS Our work suggests that suites of shallow chatbots may offer benefits for both users and designers. As a result, this study’s contributions include the design and evaluation of a novel suite of shallow chatbots for daily stress management, a summary of benefits and challenges associated with random delivery of multiple conversational interventions, and design guidelines and directions for future research into similar systems, including authoring chatbot systems and artificial intelligence–enabled recommendation algorithms.

scholarly journals Going web or staying paper? The use of web-surveys among older people

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Kelfve ◽  
Marie Kivi ◽  
Boo Johansson ◽  
Magnus Lindwall
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Good Alternative ◽  
Web Survey ◽  
Response Patterns ◽  
Older Individuals ◽  
Web Surveys ◽  
Paper Questionnaire ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Web Questionnaire ◽  
The Web

Abstract Background: Web-surveys are increasingly used in population studies. Yet, web-surveys targeting older individuals are still uncommon for various reasons. However, with younger cohorts approaching older age, the potentials for web-surveys among older people might be improved. In this study, we investigated response patterns in a web-survey targeting older adults and the potential importance of offering a paper questionnaire as an alternative to the web questionnaire. Methods: We analyzed data from three waves of a retirement study, in which a web-push methodology was used and a paper questionnaire was offered as an alternative to the web questionnaire in the last reminder. We mapped the response patterns, compared web- and paper respondents and compared different key outcomes resulting from the sample with and without the paper respondents, both at baseline and after two follow-ups.Results: Paper-respondents, that is, those that did not answer until they got a paper questionnaire with the last reminder, were more likely to be female, retired, single, and to report a lower level of education, higher levels of depression and lower self-reported health, compared to web-respondents. The association between retirement status and depression was only present among web-respondents. The differences between web and paper respondents were stronger in the longitudinal sample (after two follow-ups) than at baseline.Conclusions: We conclude that a web-survey might be a feasible and good alternative in surveys targeting people in the retirement age range. However, without offering a paper questionnaire, a small but important group will likely be missing with potential biased estimates as the result.

scholarly journals Graphic design and placement of map tools in mobile map application

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
Tymoteusz Horbinski ◽  
Beata Medynska-Gulij ◽  
Paweł Cybulski
Keyword(s):  
Graphic Design ◽  
Subjective Evaluation ◽  
Web Design ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Task Execution ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Mobile Mapping ◽  
Tracking Method ◽  
Web Mapping ◽  
The Web

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> <strong>Research problem</strong>: The analysis of the user’s preferences concerning the layout and graphic design of mapping tools in the mobile mapping application is the problem touched upon in the research. The authors focused on six public web mapping services (Google Maps, Bing Maps, Here WeGo, ArcGis Maps and the Polish geoportal: geoportal.gov.pl), analyzing them in terms of their graphic variability and the functionality of their mapping tools.</p><p>The <strong>aim</strong> of the research carried out was to test the user’s preferences concerning the number and layout of buttons in the web mapping service. The research also touched upon the issue of variability in graphic web design of mapping tools in mobile cartography. The authors concentrated on the following six mapping tools, also referred to as buttons: Geolocation, Change layers, Search, Default range maps, Measure, Route. Those functions most frequently occurred on selected web mapping services. The authors could learn about their usefulness through subjective choices of respondents.</p><p><strong>Method</strong>: One hundred respondents took part in the research and, by means of the anonymous online questionnaire, they answered some questions and decided upon the number, layout and visual aspect of buttons. The comparison of subjective user’s preferences in the layout of mapping tools to the system of public web mapping services has made the research innovative.</p><p>The <strong>results</strong> obtained allow one to draw the conclusion that the user’s preferences differ from the solutions utilized on mapping portals and have been employed for the comparative analysis of the eight most popular global web mapping services. The study conducted by means of the eye-tracking method demonstrated that objective functionality (time and method of specific task execution) differs from subjective evaluation made by map users on smartphones and large desktop display screens.</p>

Language history questionnaire (LHQ 2.0): A new dynamic web-based research tool

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 673-680 ◽  
Author(s):  
PING LI ◽  
FAN ZHANG ◽  
ERLFANG TSAI ◽  
BRENDAN PULS
Keyword(s):  
Language Learners ◽  
Second Language Learners ◽  
Web Design ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Language History ◽  
Dynamic Web ◽  
Access To Data ◽  
Multiple Languages ◽  
Privacy Issues ◽  
The Web

The language history questionnaire (LHQ) is an important tool for assessing the linguistic background of bilinguals or second language learners and for generating self-reported proficiency in multiple languages. Previously we developed a generic LHQ based on the most commonly asked questions in published studies (Li, Sepanski & Zhao, 2006). Here we report a new web-based interface (LHQ 2.0) that has more flexibility in functionality, more accuracy in data recording, and more privacy for users and data. LHQ 2.0 achieves flexibility, accuracy, and privacy by using dynamic web-design features for enhanced data collection. It allows investigators to dynamically construct individualized LHQs on the fly and allows participants to complete the LHQ online in multiple languages. Investigators can download and delete the LHQ results and update their user and experiment information on the web. Privacy issues are handled through the online assignment of a unique ID number for each study and password-protected access to data.

Semantic Web Standards for Publishing and Integrating Open Data

2014 ◽  
pp. 28-47
Author(s):  
Axel Polleres ◽  
Simon Steyskal
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Web ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Standard Data ◽  
Web Standards ◽  
Web Of Data ◽  
Structured Information ◽  
Potential Risks ◽  
Rdf Data ◽  
The Web

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) as the main standardization body for Web standards has set a particular focus on publishing and integrating Open Data. In this chapter, the authors explain various standards from the W3C's Semantic Web activity and the—potential—role they play in the context of Open Data: RDF, as a standard data format for publishing and consuming structured information on the Web; the Linked Data principles for interlinking RDF data published across the Web and leveraging a Web of Data; RDFS and OWL to describe vocabularies used in RDF and for describing mappings between such vocabularies. The authors conclude with a review of current deployments of these standards on the Web, particularly within public Open Data initiatives, and discuss potential risks and challenges.

Visual Identity Design for Responsive Web

2019 ◽  
pp. 1828-1836
Author(s):  
Sunghyun Ryoo Kang ◽  
Debra Satterfield
Keyword(s):  
Web Design ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Visual Identity ◽  
Responsive Web Design ◽  
A Site ◽  
The Web

Responsive web design, which works for multiple screen sizes and devices, has changed the web ecosystem. However, maintaining a strong and consistent visual identity in a responsive web design is challenging because of the nature of its flexible or liquid layout and navigation. The purpose of this chapter is to identify design strategies for managing the visual identity of a site, the placement of images, and navigation methods that work consistently across the framework of responsive websites and devices.

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