Assessment of User Experience with Responsive Web Applications using Expert Method and Cognitive Walkthrough - A Case Study

Malgorzata Plechawska-Wojcik, Sergio Lujan Mora, Lukasz Wojcik

2013

Abstract

The paper presents a case study of Responsive web design GUI quality testing. The case study use specially designed web page and the adjusted testing procedure. The procedure is based on the expert method and cognitive walkthrough and is adjusted to web pages created using Responsive web design. The paper outlines contain the method description and results including questionnaire summary and experts opinion. The most important users remarks concerning GUI adjusting to different devices are also presented.

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in Harvard Style

Plechawska-Wojcik M., Lujan Mora S. and Wojcik L. (2013). Assessment of User Experience with Responsive Web Applications using Expert Method and Cognitive Walkthrough - A Case Study . In Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-8565-61-7, pages 111-118. DOI: 10.5220/0004443001110118


in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceis13,
author={Malgorzata Plechawska-Wojcik and Sergio Lujan Mora and Lukasz Wojcik},
title={Assessment of User Experience with Responsive Web Applications using Expert Method and Cognitive Walkthrough - A Case Study},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,},
year={2013},
pages={111-118},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004443001110118},
isbn={978-989-8565-61-7},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,
TI - Assessment of User Experience with Responsive Web Applications using Expert Method and Cognitive Walkthrough - A Case Study
SN - 978-989-8565-61-7
AU - Plechawska-Wojcik M.
AU - Lujan Mora S.
AU - Wojcik L.
PY - 2013
SP - 111
EP - 118
DO - 10.5220/0004443001110118