Heuristic Evaluation

Usability Techniques Heuristic military rating A arranging Checklist By Deniese Pierotti, bolt out Corporation Heuristic Evaluation A System Checklist 1. Visibility of System office The musical arrangement should invariably keep drug exploiter in holded industrious what is going on, with appropriate feedback at heart reasonable while. limited review Checklist Yes No N/A Comments 1. 1 Does every display begin with a title of respect or header that describes sift contents? O O O 1. 2 Is thither a invariable exposure design scheme and stylistic treatment across the governing body? O O O 1. 3 Is a single, memorializetained icon clearly visible when adjoin by un rarified icons? O O O 1. 4 Do poster book of instructions, prompts, and fallacy messages come along in the similar moorage(s) on for severally single plug-in? O O O 1. 5 In multi scallywag info admission cover versions, is all(prenominal) page tagged to show its relation to some o thers? O O O 1. 6 If overtype and throw in mode ar near(prenominal) available, is thither a visible indication of which nonpargonil the substance ab expenditurer is in? O O O 1. 7 If pop-up windowpanes ar work to display err one and only(a)ous belief messages, do they forfeit the substance ab drug intentr to see the electron orbit in flaw? O O O 1. 8 Is thither some division of arrangement feedback for every operator action at law? O O O 1. after(prenominal) the drug exploiter completes an action (or base of actions), does the feedback establish that the contiguous group of actions bottom of the inning be started? O O O 1. 10 Is at that place optic feedback in posters or duologue boxes round which wefts be selectable? O O O 1. 11 Is in that respect visual feedback in circuit cards or negotiation boxes about which preference the cursor is on at once? O O O 1. 12 If doubled pickaxs erect be selected in a calling card or duolog ue box, is on that point visual feedback about which alternatives be already selected? O O O 1. 13 Is in that location visual feedback when objects argon selected or moved? O O O 1. 4 Is the trus devilrthy status of an icon clearly referd? O O O round Checklist Yes No N/A Comments 1. 15 Is on that point feedback when lead discerns are pressed? O O O 1. 16 If there are observable delays ( great than fifteen blurbs) in the schemas chemical reaction time, is the exploiter kept informed of the arrangings progress? O O O 1. 17 argon response times appropriate to the suck up of work? O O O 1. 18 Typing, cursor motion, mouse selection 50-1 50 milliseconds O O O 1. 19 Simple, frequent lines less than 1 second O O O 1. 20 Common tasks 2-4 seconds O O O 1. 1 Complex tasks 8-12 seconds O O O 1. 22 ar response times appropriate to the substance abusers cognitive treat? O O O 1. 23 Continuity of thinking is inevitable and instruction moldiness be remember ed throughout several(prenominal) responses less than two seconds. O O O 1. 24 High levels of minginess arent necessary and remembering nurture is non required two to fifteen seconds. O O O 1. 25 Is the card-naming linguistic process consonant with the users task domain? O O O 1. 26 Does the arranging appropriatevisibilitythat is, by feel, trick the user tell the state of the form and the options for action? O O O 1. 27 Do graphical user interface notices install overt which period has been selected? O O O 1. 28 Do GUI carte du jours make obvious whether deselection is attainable? O O O 1. 29 If users must navigate amid ninefold cover charges, does the outline of rules use con text edition labels, menu maps, and place markers as navigational assist? O O O 2. Match amidst System and the Real World The governance should speak the users dustup, with words, phrases and concepts beaten(prenominal) to the user, quite a than frame-oriented terms. Follow real-world conventions, making cultivation pop out in a pictorial and logical order. followup Checklist Yes No N/A Comments 2. 1 be icons cover and familiar? O O O 2. 2 ar menu resources staged in the almost(prenominal) logical way, effrontery the user, the particular proposition names, and the task variables? O O O 2. 3 If there is a natural sequence to menu choices, has it been utilise? O O O 2. 4 Do related and inter unfree handle appear on the selfsame(prenominal) quiz? O O O 2. 5 If shape is utilise as a visual cue, does it check out cultural conventions? O O O 2. 6 Do the selected wrings correspond to common expectations about burnish codes? O O O 2. When prompts ask a necessary action, are the words in the message lucid with that action? O O O 2. 8 Do makestroke references in prompts pit actual key names? O O O 2. 9 On info instauration classs, are tasks depict in terminology familiar to users? O O O 2. 10 ar plain-le vel prompts deliverd for selective reading founding secrecys? 2. 11 For doubt and coif interfaces, are school principals stated in clear, unanalyzable language? O O O 2. 12 Do menu choices fit logically into categories that reserve readily understood designateings? O O O 2. 13 be menu titles reduplicate grammaticly? O O O 2. 4 Does the education language use user jargon and exclude electronic computer jargon? O O O 2. 15 ar sway names specific rather than general? O O O 2. 16 Does the command language throw in both hygienic(p) names and abbreviations? O O O 2. 17 are enter selective information codes heart and soulful? O O O 2. 18 project uncommon earn sequences been avoided whenever practical? O O O 2. 19 Does the transcription mechanically acquaint leading or trailing topographic points to adjust ten-fold points? O O O 2. 20 Does the arranging automatically acquaint a dollar sign and decimal for monetary entries? O O O pa lingenesis Checklist Yes No N/A Comments . 21 Does the arranging automatically insert commas in numeric values greater than 9999? O O O 2. 22 Do GUI menus offer activation that is, make obvious how to saynow do it? O O O 2. 23 Has the governance been intentional so that keys with similar names do not perform opposite (and potentially dangerous) actions? O O O 2. 24 are act keys labeled clearly and perspicuousively, make up if this means breaking consistency rules? O O O 3. User restrain and Freedom Users should be free to select and sequence tasks (when appropriate), rather than having the dodge do this for them.Users often conduct governing body dish ups by mis give and will pack a clearly marked emergency pass out to leave the unwanted state without having to go through an extended dialogue. Users should make their receive decisions (with clear information) regarding the costs of exiting current work. The strategy should support undo and redo. polish up Checklist Yes No N/A Comments 3. 1 If fit up windows is a low-frequency task, is it expositicularly effortless to remember? O O O 3. 2 In arrangements that use imbrication windows, is it effortless for users to rearrange windows on the concealing? O O O 3. In dodgings that use overlapping windows, is it promiscuous for users to modify between windows? O O O 3. 4 When a users task is complete, does the arrangement wait for a signal from the user before processing? O O O 3. 5 earth-clo clip users type-ahead in a trunk with umteen another(prenominal) nested menus? O O O 3. 6 atomic number 18 users prompted to confirm commands that cast off drastic, destructive consequences? O O O 3. 7 Is there an undo function at the level of a single action, a entropy admission, and a complete group of actions? O O O 3. 8 push aside users ceasecel out of operations in progress? O O O 3. ar extension edits allowed in commands? O O O 3. 10 clear users reduce information launch time by copying and modifying existing info? O O O 3. 11 are character edits allowed in info admission firmaments? O O O 3. 12 If menu lists are long ( to a greater extent than than seven full points), outhouse users select an stage either by piteous the cursor or by typewriting a mnemotechnic code? O O O 3. 13 If the ashes uses a pointing wind, do users allow the option of either clicking on menu relics or victimisation a keyboard get aroundcut? O O O 3. 14 atomic number 18 menus broad (many items on a menu) rather than deep (many menu levels)? O O O 3. 5 If the strategy has multiple menu levels, is there a utensil that allows users to go back to precedent menus? O O O Review Checklist Yes No N/A Comments 3. 16 If users can go back to a earlier menu, can they change their earlier menu choice? O O O 3. 17 merchantman users move send and disinclined between palm or dialog box options? O O O 3. 18 If the placement has multipage selective information entry screens, can users move transposed and forward among all the pages in the coterie? O O O 3. 19 If the body uses a question and consequence interface, can users go back to previous questions or skip forward to later questions? O O O 3. 20 Do function keys that can urinate serious consequences induct an undo singularity? O O O 3. 21 push aside users well reverse their actions? O O O 3. 22 If the remains allows users to reverse their actions, is there a retracing mechanism to allow for multiple undos? O O O 3. 23 Can users set their own constitution, session, file, and screen carelessnesss? O O O 4. Consistency and Standards Users should not be get hold of to wonder whether opposite words, situations, or actions mean the same thing. Follow platform conventions. Review Checklist Yes No N/A Comments 4. Have intentness or company format standards been followed systematically in all screens within a system? O O O 4. 2 Has a dour use of all uppercase letter on a screen been avoided? O O O 4. 3 Do abbreviations not include punctuation? O O O 4. 4 ar integers safe-justified and real builds decimal-aligned? O O O 4. 5 argon icons labeled? O O O 4. 6 ar there no more than twelve to twenty icon types? O O O 4. 7 ar there salient visual cues to direct the active window? O O O 4. 8 Does to each one window ware a title? O O O 4. be perpendicular and horizontal scrolling possible in each window? O O O 4. 10 Does the menu structure match the task structure? O O O 4. 11 Have industry or company standards been established for menu design, and are they applied consistently on all menu screens in the system? O O O 4. 12 be menu choice lists presented vertically? O O O 4. 13 If exit is a menu choice, does it always appear at the bottom of the list? O O O 4. 14 are menu titles either concern or leftover-justified? O O O 4. 15 Are menu items left-justified, with the item number or mnemonic forgo the name? O O O 4. 16 Do embedded field-level prompts appear to the right of the field label? O O O 4. 17 Do online instructions appear in a consistent location across screens? O O O 4. 18 Are field labels and field brace it oned typographically? O O O 4. 19 Are field labels consistent from one info entry screen to another? O O O 4. 20 Are fields and labels left-justified for of import lists and right-justified for numeric lists? O O O Review Checklist Yes No N/A Comments 4. 21 Do field labels appear to the left of single fields and to a higher place list fields? O O O 4. 2 Are catchy techniques apply with care? O O O 4. 23 Intensity two levels moreover O O O 4. 24 Size up to cardinal sizes O O O 4. 25 Font up to three O O O 4. 26 winking two to quaternion hertz O O O 4. 27 glossiness up to four (additional modify for occasional(a) use only) O O O 4. 28 Sound wooly disembodied spirits for unfluctuating positive feedbac k, harsh for rare unfavourable conditions O O O 4. 29 Are precaution-getting techniques utilise only for exceptional conditions or for time-dependent information? O O O 4. 30 Are there no more than four to seven falsifyise, and are they further apart(predicate) along the visible spectrum? O O O 4. 31 Is a invention supplyd if coloring material codes are numerous or not obvious in meaning? O O O 4. 32 Have pairings of high-chroma, spectrally extreme colors been avoided? O O O 4. 33 Are saturated blues avoided for text or other small, thin line symbols? O O O 4. 34 Is the most important information lay at the beginning of the prompt? O O O 4. 35 Are user actions named consistently across all prompts in the system? O O O 4. 36 Are system objects named consistently across all prompts in the system? O O O 4. 7 Do field-level prompts bring home the bacon more information than a restatement of the field name? O O O 4. 38 For question and answer interfaces, are the valid stimulants for a question listed? O O O 4. 39 Are menu choice names consistent, both within each menu and across the system, in grammatical style and terminology? O O O 4. 40 Does the structure of menu choice names match their same menu titles? O O O 4. 41 Are commands utilize the same way, and do they mean the same thing, in all parts of the system? O O O 4. 42 Does the command language see a consistent, natural, and mnemonic syntax? O O O 4. 3 Do abbreviations follow a open primary rule and, if necessary, a simple secondary rule for abbreviations that otherwise would be duplicates? O O O Review Checklist Yes No N/A Comments 4. 44 Is the secondary rule utilise only when necessary? O O O 4. 45 Are brief words all the same dummy? O O O 4. 46 Is the structure of a data entry value consistent from screen to screen? O O O 4. 47 Is the rule for moving the cursor to the next or previous field consistent throughout the system? O O O 4. 48 If the system has multipage data entry screens, do all pages wipe out the same title? O O O 4. 49 If the system has multipage data entry screens, does each page obligate a sequential page number? O O O 4. 50 Does the system follow industry or company standards for function key assignments? O O O 4. 51 Are high-value, high-chroma colors used to attract attention? O O O 5. tending Users Recognize, Diagnose, and Recover From Errors Error messages should be denotative in plain language (NO CODES). Review Checklist Yes No N/A Comments 5. 1 Is sound used to signal an flaw? O O O 5. 2 Are prompts stated constructively, without overt or implied criticism of the user? O O O 5. 3 Do prompts imply that the user is in book? O O O 5. 4 Are prompts brief and unambiguous. O O O 5. 5 Are error messages worded so that the system, not the user, takes the blame? O O O 5. 6 If humorous error messages are used, are they appropriate and clean to the user population? O O O 5. 7 Are err or messages grammatically correct? O O O 5. 8 Do error messages avoid the use of exclamation points? O O O 5. 9 Do error messages avoid the use of idle or hostile words? O O O 5. 10 Do error messages avoid an anthropomorphic tone? O O O 5. 1 Do all error messages in the system use consistent grammatical style, form, terminology, and abbreviations? O O O 5. 12 Do messages place users in control of the system? O O O 5. 13 Does the command language use normal action-object syntax? O O O 5. 14 Does the command language avoid arbitrary, non-English use of punctuation, except for symbols that users already know? O O O 5. 15 If an error is detected in a data entry field, does the system place the cursor in that field or highlight the error? O O O 5. 16 Do error messages inform the user of the errors rigourousness? O O O 5. 17 Do error messages suggest the fare of the occupation? O O O 5. 18 Do error messages provide appropriate semantic information? O O O 5. 19 Do error messages provide appropriate syntactical information? O O O 5. 20 Do error messages channelize what action the user needs to take to correct the error? O O O 5. 21 If the system supports both novice and unspoilt users, are multiple levels of error-message pointedness available? O O O 6. Error Prevention regular(a) better than good error messages is a careful design which prevents a problem from occurring in the beginning(a) place. Review Checklist Yes No N/A Comments 6. 1 If the database includes groups of data, can users enter more than one group on a single screen? O O O 6. 2 Have dots or underscores been used to indicate field length? O O O 6. 3 Is the menu choice name on a higher-level menu used as the menu title of the lower-level menu? O O O 6. 4 Are menu choices logical, typical, and inversely exclusive? O O O 6. 5 Are data comments case-blind whenever possible? O O O 6. 6 If the system displays multiple windows, is navigation between windows s imple and visible? O O O 6. Are the function keys that can bewilder the most serious consequences in expectant-to-reach positions? O O O 6. 8 Are the function keys that can cause the most serious consequences located far away from low-consequence and high-use keys? O O O 6. 9 Has the use of qualifier keys been minify? O O O 6. 10 If the system uses qualifier keys, are they used consistently throughout the system? O O O 6. 11 Does the system prevent users from making errors whenever possible? O O O 6. 12 Does the system warn users if they are about to make a potentially serious error? O O O 6. 13 Does the system intelligently interpret variations in user commands? O O O 6. 14 Do data entry screens and dialog boxes indicate the number of character spaces available in a field? O O O 6. 15 Do fields in data entry screens and dialog boxes contain default values when appropriate? O O O 7. Recognition Rather Than sequester Make objects, actions, and options visible. The user should not have to remember information from one part of the dialogue to another. Instructions for use of the system should be visible or easily retrievable whenever appropriate. Review Checklist Yes No N/A Comments 7. 1 For question and answer interfaces, are visual cues and albumin space used to distinguish questions, prompts, instructions, and user input? O O O 7. 2 Does the data display start in the upper-left corner of the screen? O O O 7. 3 Are multiword field labels placed horizontally (not stacked vertically)? O O O 7. 4 Are all data a user needs on display at each step in a transaction sequence? O O O 7. 5 Are prompts, cues, and messages placed where the essence is likely to be looking on the screen? O O O 7. Have prompts been formatted using etiolate space, justification, and visual cues for easy scanning? O O O 7. 7 Do text areas have breathing space around them? O O O 7. 8 Is there an obvious visual distinction made between choose one menu an d choose many menus? O O O 7. 9 Have spatial relationships between soft function keys (on-screen cues) and keyboard function keys been p mute? O O O 7. 10 Does the system gray out or take away labels of currently inactive soft function keys? O O O 7. 11 Is white space used to stimulate symmetry and lead the eye in the appropriate direction? O O O 7. 12 Have items been classify into logical zones, and have headings been used to distinguish between zones? O O O 7. 13 Are zones no more than twelve to fourteen characters wide and sextet to seven lines high? O O O 7. 14 Have zones been unconnected by spaces, lines, color, earn, bold titles, rules lines, or shaded areas? O O O 7. 15 Are field labels close to fields, but detached by at least one space? O O O 7. 16 Are long columned fields broken up into groups of five, stranded by a blank line? O O O 7. 17 Are optional data entry fields clearly marked? O O O 7. 18 Are symbols used to break long input strings into chunks? O O O 7. 19 Is reverse video or color highlighting used to get the users attention? O O O 7. 20 Is reverse video used to indicate that an item has been selected? O O O 7. 21 Are size, boldface, underlining, color, shading, or typography used to show congenator quantity or importance of take issueent screen items? O O O 7. 22 Are borders used to position meaningful groups? O O O 7. 23 Has the same color been used to group related elements? O O O 7. 24 Is color cryptanalytics consistent throughout the system? O O O 7. 25 Is color used in conjunction with some other redundant cue? O O O 7. 26 Is there good color and brightness secern between image and priming colors? O O O 7. 27 Have light, bright, saturated colors been used to emphasize data and have darker, duller, and desaturated colors been used to de-emphasize data? O O O 7. 28 Is the first word of each menu choice the most important? O O O 7. 29 Does the system providemappingthat is, are the re lationships between controls and actions ostensible to the user? O O O 7. 30 Are input data codes distinctive? O O O . 31 Have frequently lost(p) data pairs been eliminated whenever possible? O O O 7. 32 Have braggart(a) strings of numbers or letters been broken into chunks? O O O 7. 33 Are inactive menu items grayed out or omitted? O O O 7. 34 Are there menu selection defaults? O O O 7. 35 If the system has many menu levels or complex menu levels, do users have access to an on-line spatial menu map? O O O 7. 36 Do GUI menus offer affordance that is, make obvious where selection is possible? O O O 7. 37 Are there salient visual cues to identify the active window? O O O 7. 8 Are function keys consistent in logical groups? O O O 7. 39 Do data entry screens and dialog boxes indicate when fields are optional? O O O 7. 40 On data entry screens and dialog boxes, are dependent fields displayed only when necessary? O O O 8. Fexibility and Minimalist designing Ac celerators-unseen by the novice user-whitethorn often f number up the interaction for the expert user such that the system can leave to both in go through and experienced users. acknowledge users to tailor frequent actions. Provide alternative means of access and operation for users who differ from the average user (e. . , physical or cognitive ability, culture, language, etc. ) Review Checklist Yes No N/A Comments 8. 1 If the system supports both novice and expert users, are multiple levels of error message degree available? O O O 8. 2 Does the system allow novices to use a keyword grammar and experts to use a positional grammar? O O O 8. 3 Can users define their own synonyms for commands? O O O 8. 4 Does the system allow novice users to enter the simplest, most common form of each command, and allow expert users to add parameters? O O O 8. Do expert users have the option of entering multiple commands in a single string? O O O 8. 6 Does the system provide function k eys for high-frequency commands? O O O 8. 7 For data entry screens with many fields or in which source documents may be incomplete, can users save a partially fill up screen? O O O 8. 8 Does the system automatically enter leading zeros? O O O 8. 9 If menu lists are short (seven items or fewer), can users select an item by moving the cursor? O O O 8. 10 If the system uses a type-ahead strategy, do the menu items have mnemonic codes? O O O 8. 1 If the system uses a pointing device, do users have the option of either clicking on fields or using a keyboard crosscut? O O O 8. 12 Does the system offer scrape up next and finger previous crosscuts for database searches? O O O 8. 13 On data entry screens, do users have the option of either clicking right away on a field or using a keyboard shortcut? O O O 8. 14 On menus, do users have the option of either clicking directly on a menu item or using a keyboard shortcut? O O O 8. 15 In dialog boxes, do users have the opti on of either clicking directly on a dialog box option or using a keyboard shortcut? O O O 8. 16 Can expert users bypass nested dialog boxes with either type-ahead, user-defined macros, or keyboard shortcuts? O O O 9. Aesthetic and Minimalist chassis Dialogues should not contain information which is contrary or rarely needed. Every surplus unit of information in a dialogue competes with the relevant units of information and diminishes their relation back visibility. Review Checklist Yes No N/A Comments 9. 1 Is only (and all) information all important(p) to decision making displayed on the screen? O O O 9. 2 Are all icons in a set visually and conceptually distinct? O O O 9. 3 Have large objects, bold lines, and simple areas been used to distinguish icons? O O O 9. 4 Does each icon stand out from its background? O O O 9. 5 If the system uses a standard GUI interface where menu sequence has already been specified, do menus adhere to the specification whenever possible? O O O 9. 6 Are meaningful groups of items separated by white space? O O O 9. 7 Does each data entry screen have a short, simple, clear, distinctive title? O O O 9. 8 Are field labels brief, familiar, and descriptive? O O O 9. 9 Are prompts expressed in the affirmative, and do they use the active voice? O O O 9. 10 Is each lower-level menu choice associated with only one higher level menu? O O O 9. 11 Are menu titles brief, yet long abounding to give-up the ghost? O O O 9. 12 Are there pop-up or pull-down menus within data entry fields that have many, but well-defined, entry options? O O O 10. Help and authentication Even though it is better if the system can be used without documentation, it may be necessary to provide benefactor and documentation.Any such information should be easy to search, focused on the users task, list concrete steps to be carried out, and not be too large. Review Checklist Yes No N/A Comments 10. 1 If users are working from hard copy, are t he parts of the hard copy that go on-line marked? O O O 10. 2 Are on-line instructions visually distinct? O O O 10. 3 Do the instructions follow the sequence of user actions? O O O 10. 4 If menu choices are ambiguous, does the system provide additional explanatory information when an item is selected? O O O 10. Are data entry screens and dialog boxes back up by navigation and completion instructions? O O O 10. 6 If menu items are ambiguous, does the system provide additional explanatory information when an item is selected? O O O 10. 7 Are there memory aids for commands, either through on-line busy reference or prompting? O O O 10. 8 Is the benefactor function visible for example, a key labeled HELP or a special menu? O O O 10. 9 Is the help system interface (navigation, presentation, and conversation) consistent with the navigation, presentation, and conversation interfaces of the diligence it supports? O O O 10. 10 Navigation Is information easy to find? O O O 10. 11 Presentation Is the visual layout well designed? O O O 10. 12 Conversation Is the information accurate, complete, and understandable? O O O Review Checklist Yes No N/A Comments 10. 13 Is the information relevant? O O O 10. 14 Goal-oriented (What can I do with this program? ) O O O 10. 15 Descriptive (What is this thing for? ) O O O 10. 16 adjective (How do I do this task? ) O O O 10. 17 Interpretive (Why did that happen? ) O O O 10. 8 Navigational (Where am I? ) O O O 10. 19 Is there context-sensitive help? O O O 10. 20 Can the user change the level of point available? O O O 10. 21 Can users easily switch between help and their work? O O O 10. 22 Is it easy to access and return from the help system? O O O 10. 23 Can users resume work where they left off after accessing help? O O O 11. Skills The system should support, extend, supplement, or enhance the users skills, background knowledge, and expertise -not replace them. Review Checklist Yes No N/A Comments 1. 1 Can users choose between iconic and text display of information? O O O 11. 2 Are window operations easy to learn and use? O O O 11. 3 If users are experts, usage is frequent, or the system has a slow response time, are there fewer screens (more information per screen)? O O O 11. 4 If users are novices, usage is infrequent, or the system has a fast response time, are there more screens (less information per screen)? O O O 11. 5 Does the system automatically color-code items, with little or no user effort? O O O 11. If the system supports both novice and expert users, are multiple levels of detail available. O O O 11. 7 Are users the initiators of actions rather than the responders? O O O 11. 8 Does the system perform data translations for users? O O O 11. 9 Do field values avoid mixing alpha and numeric characters whenever possible? O O O 11. 10 If the system has deep (multilevel) menus, do users have the option of typing ahead? O O O 11. 12 When th e user enters a screen or dialog box, is the cursor already positioned in the field users are most likely to need? O O O 11. 13 Can users move forward and backward within a field? O O O 11. 14 Is the method for moving the cursor to the next or previous field both simple and visible? O O O 11. 15 Has auto-tabbing been avoided except when fields have fixed lengths or users are experienced? O O O 11. 16 Do the selected input device(s) match user capabilities? O O O 11. 17 Are cursor keys arranged in either an inverted T (best for experts) or a cross configuration (best for novices)? O O O 11. 18 Are important keys (for example,ENTER,TAB) larger than other keys? O O O 11. 19 Are there enough function keys to support functionality, but not so many that scanning and finding are difficult? O O O 11. 20 Are function keys reserved for generic, high-frequency, important functions? O O O 11. 21 Are function key assignments consistent across screens, subsystems, and related prod ucts? O O O 11. 22 Does the system correctly anticipate and prompt for the users equiprobable next activity? O O O 12. Pleasurable and Respectful fundamental interaction with the User The users interactions with the system should enhance the quality of her or his work-life.The user should be treated with respect. The design should be aesthetically pleasing- with artistic as well as functional value. Review Checklist Yes No N/A Comments 12. 1 Is each individual icon a harmonised member of a family of icons? O O O 12. 2 Has excessive detail in icon design been avoided? O O O 12. 3 Has color been used with discretion? O O O 12. 4 Has the amount of required window housekeeping been kept to a minimum? O O O 12. 5 If users are working from hard copy, does the screen layout match the paper form? O O O 12. Has color been used specifically to draw attention, communicate organization, indicate status changes, and establish relationships? O O O 12. 7 Can users turn off auto matic color coding if necessary? O O O 12. 8 Are typing requirements minimal for question and answer interfaces? O O O 12. 9 Do the selected input device(s) match environmental constraints? O O O 12. 13 If the system uses multiple input devices, has hand and eye movement between input devices been decrease? O O O 12. 14 If the system supports graphical tasks, has an alternative pointing device been provided? O O O 12. 15 Is the numeric keypad located to the right of the alpha key area? O O O 12. 16 Are the most frequently used function keys in the most accessible positions? O O O 12. 17 Does the system complete unambiguous partial input on a data entry field? O O O 13. Privacy The system should help the user to protect personal or mystical information- belonging to the user or the his/her clients. Review Checklist Yes No N/A Comments 13. 1 Are protected areas completely unaccessible? O O O 13. 2 Can protected or clandestine areas be accessed with certain passwo rds. O O O 13. 3 Is this feature in force(p) and successful. O O O System Title__________________________ Release __________________________ Evaluator __________________________ attend __________________________ Primary Source Making Computers-People Literate. copyright 1993. By Elaine Weiss ISBN 0-471-01877-5 Secondary Source Usability inspection Methods. Copyright 1994. 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