Remote Evaluation Of An Interface Usability Using Asynchronous Auto-Logging Methodology

Abstract The need of developing more usable web applications has motivated the development of a number of techniques methods and tools to address web usability issues. In recent years many automated remote usability evaluation methods have been employed. Despite the advantages offered by these methods usability evaluation is still a difficult and a time consuming task partly due to complexity of the tools used and partly due to expertise required. Analysing data obtained from web server logs can reveal usage pattern of users. This gives a highly improved understanding of users behaviour. This information can then be utilized in improving a web e application way which usability interfa evaluation of a web application can be approached. State transition network STN was preferred in this work. This paper presents a model for automated remote usability evaluation which automatically generates specific usability information of a remote web application.