Unit 7: Mobile Application Evaluation and Mobile Browsers
Once a mobile application has been developed, you will want to test it for usability. In this unit, we will talk about ways of evaluating mobile apps. We will also look at the differences between traditional browsers and mobile browsers and identify the elements that must be taken into consideration when designing an application for deployment on a mobile browser.
Completing this unit should take you approximately 4 hours.
7.1: Mobile Device User Interaction Patterns
Read these slides.
7.2: Evaluating Mobile User Interfaces
7.2.1: Expert Evaluation
7.2.1.1: Cognitive Walkthrough
Read this page.
Read section 4.1.
7.2.1.2: Heuristic Evaluation
Read section 4.3.
7.2.2: User Evaluation in the Lab
Read section 5.5
Read this article.
7.2.3: User Evaluation in the Field
7.2.3.1: Diary Study
Read this document.
7.2.3.2: Experience Sampling Method
Read this page.
7.2.3.3: Logging Study
Read pages 87-91.
7.3: Mobile Browsers and Browsers
Read these slides.
7.4: Mobile Browser Evolution
Read these slides.