Web TANGO Project Melody Ivory Ph D student
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Web TANGO Project Melody Ivory (Ph. D student) • Rashmi Sinha (Postdoc) Marti Hearst (Research Advisor) Undergrads - Steve Demby • Anthony Lee • Dave Lai HCC Retreat July 5, 2000
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Research Goal n Develop tools to enable designers to compare alternative designs n Most usability problems linked to information architecture Information Design Courtesy of Mark Newman Navigation Design Graphic Design
![Tools Under Development n Web Page Design Tool n Use quantitative measures to compare Tools Under Development n Web Page Design Tool n Use quantitative measures to compare](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/aa55063a8b422d7455bc89ea4ffdd4f2/image-3.jpg)
Tools Under Development n Web Page Design Tool n Use quantitative measures to compare implemented Web pages to highly rated ones n n n Currently 12 metrics (e. g. , number of words, links, colors, etc. ) Empirical study highlights key metrics that are indicative of highly rated pages Incorporating empirical findings n Automatic analysis – identify potential problems n n Visualizing differences between a page and related, highly rated ones Automatic critique – identify potential problems & suggest improvements
![Tools Under Development n Simulation Tool (Monte Carlo Simulator) n Use simulator to assess Tools Under Development n Simulation Tool (Monte Carlo Simulator) n Use simulator to assess](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/aa55063a8b422d7455bc89ea4ffdd4f2/image-4.jpg)
Tools Under Development n Simulation Tool (Monte Carlo Simulator) n Use simulator to assess implemented and design Web pages n n n Mimic information-seeking behavior (multiple user models) and compute quantitative results (e. g. , number of errors and navigation time) Predictions based on empirical findings with quantitative measures Incorporate into DENIM
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Tools Under Development DENIM Simulator Implemented Site Metrics Computation Tool Heuristics Based on empirical findings Design Tool
![Research Status n Metrics Computation Tool n New metrics & capabilities n n Basic Research Status n Metrics Computation Tool n New metrics & capabilities n n Basic](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/aa55063a8b422d7455bc89ea4ffdd4f2/image-6.jpg)
Research Status n Metrics Computation Tool n New metrics & capabilities n n Basic UI this summer (Steve) Simulator Tool n n 2 nd empirical study User studies Design Tool n n E. g. , functional types for pages (David) DENIM incorporation - property sheets (Anthony) More Info n www. cs. berkeley. edu/~ivory/research/web/
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Questions
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