User requirements for a web based spreadsheet-mediated collaboration

Ginige, Athula; Paolino, Luca; Sebillo, Monica; Shrodkar, Richa; Vitiello, Giuliana

doi:10.1145/1842993.1843017

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“…Research on spreadsheets has focused on various aspects, including expanding spreadsheet languages through direct manipulation and gestures (Burnett, 1998), communicating unit error messages in spreadsheets (Abraham, 2005), type inferences for spreadsheets , graph-based visualizations (Kankuzi, 2008), testing (Rothermel, 2001), and web based spreadsheet-mediated collaboration (Ginige, 2010). However, little work has been done to identify the usability issues associated with spreadsheet applications (either mobile or desktop-based) and ways to go about solving them.…”

Section: Spreadsheets and Usabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluating Mobile Applications

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Harrison

Iacob

et al. 2012

International Journal of Mobile Human Computer Interaction

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The power of mobile devices has increased dramatically in the last few years. These devices are becoming more sophisticated and allow users to accomplish a wide variety of tasks while on the move. The ease with which mobile apps can be created and distributed has resulted in a number of usability issues becoming more prevalent. This paper describes the range of usability issues encountered at all stages of the mobile app life cycle, from when users begin to search for an app to when they finally remove the app from their device. Using these results we developed a number of guidelines for both app developers and app platform developers that will improve the overall usability of mobile apps.

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Section: Spreadsheets and Usabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluating Mobile Applications

Flood

Harrison

Iacob

et al. 2012

International Journal of Mobile Human Computer Interaction

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“…Research on spreadsheets has focused on various aspects, including expanding spreadsheet language through direct manipulation and gestures [4], communicating unit error messages in spreadsheets [5], type inferences for spreadsheets [6], graph-based visualizations [7], testing [8], and web based spreadsheet-mediated collaboration [9]. However, little work has been done in identifying the usability issues revolving around spreadsheet applications (mobile or desktop-based) and ways to go about resolving them.…”

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Lessons Learned from Evaluating the Usability of Mobile Spreadsheet Applications

Flood

Harrison

Iacob

2012

Human-Centered Software Engineering

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It is estimated that 90% of all the analysts in business perform calculations on spreadsheets. Due to advances in technology, spreadsheet applications can now be used on mobile devices and several such applications are available for platforms such as Android and iOS. Research on spreadsheets revolves around several themes, but little work has been done in evaluating the usability of such applications (desktop or mobile). This paper presents lessons learned and usability guidelines derived from laboratory usability testing of mobile spreadsheet applications. Twelve participants were given a task to be solved using a mobile spreadsheet application and based on the video recordings of their interactions with the application patterns of recurring actions and sequences of actions were derived. Navigation, selection, feedback, and transparency of features were some of the main themes in the results of the testing, pointing to a set of guidelines which are also generalizable across other types of mobile applications.

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