Silva, Paula Alexandra and Dix, Alan
(2007)
Usability – Not as we know it!
In:
Proceedings of the 21st BCS HCI Group Conference.
British Computer Society, pp. 1-4.
ISBN 978-1-902505-94-7
Abstract
YouTube has been the Internet success story of 2006. However,
when subjected to conventional usability evaluation it appears
to fail miserably. With this and other social Web services, the
purpose of the user is fun, uncertainty, engagement and self-expression.
Web2.0 has turned the passive ‘user’ into an active
producer of content and shaper of the ultimate user experience.
This more playful, more participative, often joyful use of
technology appears to conflict with conventional usability, but
we argue that a deeper ‘usability’ emerges that respects the
user’s purposes whether acting as homo ludens.
| Item Type: |
Book Section
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| Keywords: |
YouTube; user experience; Web2.0; Evaluation; Design; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Design Innovation |
| Item ID: |
6041 |
| Depositing User: |
Paula Alexandra Silva
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| Date Deposited: |
17 Apr 2015 15:38 |
| Publisher: |
British Computer Society |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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