NDLI: The ergonomics of hypertext narative: usability testing as a tool for evaluation and redesign

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Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Copyright Year	2001
Abstract	While usability research concentrates on evaluating informational documents and Web sites, significant insights can be gained from performingusability testing on texts designed for pleasure reading, such as hypertext narratives. This article describes the results of such a test. The results demonstrate that the navigation systems required for such texts can significantly interfere with readers ability to derive value or pleasure from the fiction. The results emphasize the importance of hypertext authors providing more linear paths through texts and of simplifying the navigational apparatus required to read them.
Starting Page	3
Ending Page	16
Page Count	14
File Format	PDF
ISSN	15276805
e-ISSN	15579441
DOI	10.1145/383948.383950
Journal	ACM Journal of Computer Documentation (JCD)
Volume Number	25
Issue Number	1
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2001-02-01
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Fiction Hypertext Lexia Usability
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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The ergonomics of hypertext narative: usability testing as a tool for evaluation and redesign