20100926 - Morales-Morell, Usability aspects of Location-aware...app

Usability aspects of a location-aware ToDo list application by Morales-Morell, Anibal, M.S., University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez (Puerto Rico), 2001 , 94 pages; AAT 1400545 My Interest: 1) Usability test. 2) Location-aware. 3) Context-aware applications. Action: Medium-low priority to read specific parts of Dissertation in future. Problem Statement Location awareness in handheld computer and mobile applications is a new field that has been opened by the development of new technologies and by the growing use of handheld computing devices. Up to now there were no formal studies in the usability of applications with location-awareness. Research Goal To that end, this thesis proposes that adding location-awareness to an application will augment its usability by increasing the user satisfaction and efficiency of its user. Methodology This thesis presents the study and results after conducting an usability test with experimentation, analysis, and development of a prototype ToDo list application running on a Palm computer that emulates location-awareness. Comments: Softcopy Dissertation is scanned version; cannot copy and paste; difficult to blog about it. 2.1 Location Awareness 2.2 Context-Aware Applications 3.7 Analysis 3.7.1 User Satisfaction 3.7.2 Errors Chapter 4 Test Results Chapter 5 Prototype Development