User Interface Optimization Through Breadth of Distribution Analysis

Abstract

A Java tutorial was developed as a World Wide Web (WWW) site for use in capturing user behavior data. Breadth of distribution analysis was then applied to the data collected in order to characterize the usage of the user interface through the shape, connectedness, and order of traversal of each user in the sample. The results reveal distinct user groups with different levels of user knowledge and needs in relation to the web site content The resulting user interface analysis process produces a set of recommendations for optimizing the user interface, including adaptive interfaces for different user subgroups and optimization of sequential rather than topical presentations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA331704

Entities

People

  • Luis E. Reinoso

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Detectors
  • Engineering
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Human-Computer Interfaces
  • Navigation
  • Network Science
  • Software Development
  • User Interface
  • User Interface Engineering
  • Websites
  • World Wide Web

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Computer Networking