Information Studies
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue: 1

Usability engineering and user interface design for electronic information systems and its subsystems: Overview

  • Author:
  • Prantosh K Paul1, Kalyan Kumar2, Dipak Chatterjee3, R Rajesh4
  • Total Page Count: 10
  • Page Number: 23 to 32

1FBAS, Bengal Enginnering and Science University, Shibpur, West Bengal, India. Email: prantoshkpaul@gmail.com

2Vice Chancelor, Vinayaka Mission Sikkim University, Sikkim, India

3Principal, Institute of Engineering and Management, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

4HOD, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Noorul Islam University, Tamil Nadu, India

Online published on 23 January, 2014.

Abstract

When engineering principles are applied in usability and user interface designs, it is called usability engineering. Nowadays usability engineering is treated as a distinct area of professional practice. Usability engineering principle is applicable in most organizations for their websites and in-house interface (if required). In this paper various aspects of usability engineering are described. Some related topics like user experience design, interface design are also discussed.

Keywords

Usability, Usability engineering, WEBSITE, Information systems, Information mechanism, Interface design, User experience design, Computer interface, VUI, WUI