Cultural Usability: The Effects of Culture on Usability Testing

@inproceedings{Shi2007CulturalUT,
  title={Cultural Usability: The Effects of Culture on Usability Testing},
  author={Qingxin Shi},
  booktitle={IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction},
  year={2007}
}
  • Qingxin Shi
  • Published in
    IFIP TC13 International…
     10 September 2007
  • Computer Science
Culture has already played an important role in the global market. It not only affects products, but also impacts on usability evaluation methods. This project aims to examine in the established thinking aloud usability evaluation method (TA UEM), how does the evaluator build a supportive relationship and communicate effectively with the user in order to find relevant usability problems in culturally localized applications. It includes three parts, pilot study, field study and experiments, to… 
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Differences in Task Descriptions in the Think Aloud Test

The ways tasks are described and perceived in a remote Think Aloud (TA) usability tests session are analyzed and discussed and existing knowledge of usability testing is added.

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The results revealed that the usability issues such as screen size, tapping detection, device size, interaction techniques, navigation, and typography were some of the reasons for the low adoption of wearables among the older adult.

Microsoft product reaction cards: identifying cultural differences from Hispanic consumers’ feedback

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