Improving the Usability of E-Book Readers
Eva Siegenthaler, Pascal Wurtz, Rudolf Groner
Journal of Usability Studies, Volume 6, Issue 1, November 2010, pp. 25 - 38
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Recommendations
For consumers who want to buy an e-reader, we recommend the following:
- Think about the purpose for which you want to use an e-reader.
- Choose the e-reader model depending on the required functions.
- Before you buy an e-reader, test it and check whether you can handle the device.
For practitioners doing usability tests, we recommend the following:
- Do not rely exclusively on subjective interview data.
- Use a combination of objective and subjective data.
- Carefully analyze the differences between subjective and objective data.
- If you do a usability test in an area where reading is involved, apply eye tracking.