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| A Review of Remote Usability Evaluation and Its Application on Usability Evaluation of Digital Library |
| Huang Xiaobin, Qiu Minghui |
| School of Information Management, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China |
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Abstract This article introduces the types, advantages and disadvantages of remote usability evaluation, generalizes its processes, analyzes four kinds of relevant softwares through the comparative analysis method, and puts forward some suggestions which should be paid attention to usability evaluation of digital library.
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Received: 08 November 2011
Published: 26 February 2012
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