Heuristics and guidelines for the presentation of multimedia web hyperdocuments

Author(s)

Otávio A Martins Netto

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Carlos.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC/SB)
• Defense date: 2002-03-25

Examining board members

Maria da Graça Campos Pimentel; Renata Pontin de Mattos Fortes; Heloisa Vieira da Rocha

• Advisor: Maria da Graça Campos Pimentel

Abstract

Usability rules have been proposed in the literature to guide the design of software interfaces. However, these rules generally pertain to the presentation aspects of a particular information media, with limitations revealed when applied across different media. From the usability rules found in the literature and from the usability evaluation of multimédia hyperdocuments for a single system on the Web, we propose a set of rules to apply to a project containing multimédia hyperdocuments focused in the context of the World Wide Web. The new set of rules were used to guide the implementation of a new version of hyperdocuments for the system evaluated. In the context of that same system, the new rules were compared to a classic set of usability rules. Finally, the set proposed was investigated with respect to their adequation to the evaluation of hypermedia documents of two other web systems. (AU)