Where web engineering tool support ends: building usable websites

In this paper, two of the currently available Web Engineering solutions (UWE and OO-H) are analysed with regard to the question whether websites created with them and their tools have a high usability. Additionally, the respective models are examined to see whether usability aspects can be expressed with them. In a small case study, an example website is created by converting a model to an implementation manually. Special attention is paid to usability issues regarding both the generated pages and the development process. Subsequently, the manual conversion is compared to a tool-supported process. Categories and Subject Descriptors H.5.4 [Information Systems]: Information Interfaces and Presentation—Hypertext/Hypermedia; D.2.2 [Software]: Software Engineering—Design Tools and Techniques; I.6.5 [Computing Methodologies]: Simulation and Modeling—Model Development Keywords Web Engineering, usability, modeling, comparison study

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: SAC
• Authors: Richard Atterer
• Keywords: Applied Computing, SAC 2005, Usability Aspects, Web Engineering, Web Engineering Solutions