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Implementing a collaborative virtual environment - specification for a usability metamodel
Implementación de un ambiente virtual colaborativo - especificación de un metamodelo de usabilidad
Keywords:
usability, usability metamodel, metaphor, collaborative virtual environment (en)usabilidad, metamodelo de usabilidad, metáfora, ambiente virtual colaborativo (es)
This research presents the results of the first phase of a macro-project for constructing a collaborative virtual environment. It was aimed at selecting a graphical interface from five proposed for such environment, considering each one’s level of usability. Several standards of usability and user-centered design patterns were studied for specifying interface measurment criteria for specifying a usability metamodel; this defined the variables and rules to be taken into account when measuring graphic user interface (GUI) usability level for collaborative virtual environments. The use of metaphors when specifying graphic user interfaces is also briefly looked at as a source of new usability and satisfaction related to such interface use.
Este trabajo presenta los resultados de la primera fase de un macroproyecto que comprende la construcción de un ambiente virtual colaborativo. Se pretende seleccionar una de cinco interfaces propuestas para dicho ambiente, teniendo en cuenta el nivel de usabilidad de cada una de ellas. Para especificar los criterios de medición de las interfaces se realizó un estudio de diversos estándares de usabilidad y patrones de diseño centrados en el usuario para especificar un metamodelo de usabilidad, el cual define las variables y reglas a tener en cuenta en la medición del nivel de usabilidad de las interfaces gráficas de usuario para ambientes virtuales colaborativos. Adicionalmente, se da un vistazo al uso de metáforas en la especificación de interfaces gráficas de usuario como fuentes de nuevos aspectos de usabilidad y satisfacción en el uso de dichas interfaces.
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