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A Comparison of Pseudo-paper and Paper Prototyping Methods for Mobile Evaluations

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On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems: OTM 2008 Workshops (OTM 2008)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNISA,volume 5333))

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The research presented in this paper is part of an ongoing investigation into how best to support meaningful lab-based usability evaluations of mobile technologies. In particular, we report on a comparative study of (a) a standard paper prototype of a mobile application used to perform an early-phase seated (static) usability evaluation, and (b) a pseudo-paper prototype created from the paper prototype used to perform an early-phase,contextually-relevant, mobile usability evaluation. We draw some initial conclusions regarding whether it is worth the added effort of conducting a usability evaluation of a pseudo-paper prototype in a contextually-relevant setting during early-phase user interface development.

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  1. National Research Council of Canada, IIT e-Business, 46 Dineen Drive, Fredericton, N.B., Canada, E3B 9W4

    Joanna Lumsden & Ryan MacLean

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  1. STARLab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB),, Bldg G/10, Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium

    Robert Meersman

  2. School of Computer Science and Information Technology, RMIT University, Bld 10.10, 376-392 Swanston Street, VIC 3001, Melbourne, Australia

    Zahir Tari

  3. Facultad de Informática, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Campus de Montegancedo S/N, Boadilla del Monte, 28660, Madrid, Spain

    Pilar Herrero

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Lumsden, J., MacLean, R. (2008). A Comparison of Pseudo-paper and Paper Prototyping Methods for Mobile Evaluations. In: Meersman, R., Tari, Z., Herrero, P. (eds) On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems: OTM 2008 Workshops. OTM 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5333. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88875-8_77

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