• A Case for Adaptation to Enhance Usability and Accessibility of Library Resource Discovery Tools 

      Beyene, Wondwossen; Ferati, Mexhid (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Library resource discovery tools (RDTs) are the latest generation of library catalogs that enable searching across disparate databases and repositories from a single search box. Although such “Google-like” experience has ...
    • The Design and evaluation of a new smartwatch user interface 

      Chaudhary, Karan Singh; Murano, Pietro (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      This paper discusses and presents a new prototype design for a smartwatch user interface. The user interface was designed aiming to adhere to some of the main universal design principles and be a more usable design. The ...
    • The Design and Evaluation of an Online Dictionary User Interface 

      Shrestha, Sayush Lal; Murano, Pietro (International Journal of Computing and Digital Systems;No. (1) (Mar-2022), Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-08-22)
      This paper presents a new user interface design for an online dictionary. Online dictionary user interfaces have not been given much research attention over the years and this paper addresses this important gap in knowledge. ...
    • Evaluating Accessibility and Usability of an Experimental Situational Awareness Room 

      Gjøsæter, Terje; Radianti, Jaziar (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing;Vol 776, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2018-06-24)
      New advanced emergency management facilities such as a control room which is equipped with advanced ICT technologies should consider universal design principles and ensure the accessibility and usability of some important ...
    • Is carousel interaction really usable? 

      Keya, Rashika Tasnim; Murano, Pietro (First Monday;Volume 27, Number 1 - 3 January 2022, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-01-11)
      In this paper a novel and significant study into the usability of carousel interaction in the context of desktop interaction is presented. Two equivalent prototypes in an e-commerce context were developed. One version had ...
    • Menu Positioning on Web Pages. Does it Matter? 

      Murano, Pietro; Lomas, Tracey J. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      This paper concerns an investigation by the authors into the efficiency and user opinions of menu positioning in web pages. While the idea and use of menus on web pages are not new, the authors feel there ...
    • Mobile Instant Messaging for the Elderly 

      Bong, Way Kiat; Chen, Weiqin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      While the use of Mobile Instant Messaging (MIM) has been expanding vastly along with mobile technology, existing MIM applications have not sufficiently addressed the needs of elderl y users. MIM applications have great ...
    • On Online Banking Authentication for All: A Comparison of BankID Login Efficiency Using Smartphones Versus Code Generators 

      Vinbæk, Ellen Opsahl; Pettersen, Frida Margrethe Borge; Carlsen, Jonas Ege; Fremstad, Karl; Edvinsen, Nikolai; Sandnes, Frode Eika (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence;volume 11572, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Authentication is an essential component of any digital service. In Norway, such authentication is often relying on BankID using either mobile BankID or a code generator. This study set out to explore the efficiency of ...
    • Pie Menus or Linear Menus, Which Is Better? 

      Murano, Pietro; Khan, Iram N. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-09-09)
      This paper is about a continuing investigation aiming to find o ut which menu type is more useable on a web site or application. This paper specifically compares pie menus with li near menus. Although other researchers ...
    • A Preliminary Usability and Universal Design Evaluation of a Television App User Interface 

      Awale, Bikram; Murano, Pietro (Baltic Journal of Modern Computing;Vol. 8 (2020), No. 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      This paper details a two-part evaluation of the Apple TV user interface. A Heuristic Evaluation and an evaluation using the seven universal design principles were carried out. The overall results showed that the Apple TV ...