Essays on Usability

Operations management is very crucial a process in the control of activities and decisions involved in the production, maintenance and delivery of goods and services. In encompasses all the activities and responsibilities that are employed in managing resources in production, maintenance and delivery of products and/or services. In at least every organization, there exists an operations arm that is mandated with such tasks of decision making and responsibility taking in trying to manage a company’s resources. This arm of management is usually headed by an operations manager who is responsible for supervisory work in managing these resources that Continue reading...

Abstract. 2

- Introduction. 3
- Home Page Structure and Content.. 5
- Use of Color..7
- Text & Font7
- Ease of visibility by the search machine8
- Images.. 8
- Conclusion.9

Works Cited.10

Abstract
The report is all about e-commerce in the sense of comparing the usability of two websites for companies that sell their product or service. It aims at providing an overall evaluation of which website is superior to the other in respect of their usability by the target audience using useful criteria aspects such as font, color, and images used within the webpage.
1.0 Introduction
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Thesis statement

User-friendly websites and electronic communication provide better customer service keep an organization up to the mark in satisfying customer needs.
Introduction:
An organization decides on what kind relationship it needs to have with people to whom they are serving. In addition, to serve people with your organization’s information, you need to develop excellent and smart strategy of core technology and quality service with fast response time. By using such technologies available, company saves time and gains high reputation, as well as the customer, would appropriately decide whether he is interested for further proceedings (Carlson, Jamie and Aron 282). Continue reading...

INTRODUCTION

This project is undertaken to find out how natural user interfaces can enhance the use of devices for illiterate people. This is given the fact that the rate of illiteracy is an issue of concern in South Africa and the world over. This chapter will focus on previous research which have been carried out and the gap that is lacking in this field. It is important to understand the work that has been carried in order to research on what is still lacking in this field.

What is Natural user interfaces?

A natural user interface (NUI) is a system for human-computer interaction that the Continue reading...

A database or a databank is an application where data can be stored and retrieved quickly. It is also important to know how the data is stored and organized in a database. Database mainly refers to a relational database, indeed a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS). Collection of data items that are structured as a group of officially defined tables from which data can be retrieved in various ways without having to restructure the database tables is known as Relational Database. In relational database, the complete data is stored in tables. The structure of these tables is similar to Continue reading...

An interface is the point of contact between two systems. This paper deals with the dynamics involved in the contact between human beings and computers. Human-computer interface concerns itself with the multifarious methodologies and the numerous processes which are involved when designing computer interfaces. It also involves the methods used in implementing, evaluating and comparing the various human-computer interfaces . One of the long term goals of the human computer interface is to design a wide range of systems which either do away with or minimize what humans intend to cognitively achieve by interacting with the computer and the computer’ Continue reading...

1.0 Executive Summary
The purpose of this business plan is to show general description of the surveillance security provider company. Surveillance Security Systems is a private-owned company that will provide quality products and maintenance services to both public business entities and individuals. The company will also provide users easy access to product database through the website, and competitive customer experience of surveillance products through user’s mobile app.
1.1 Products and Services
Surveillance Security Systems will be one of the system security companies which actively sells, installs, and maintains advanced and reliable surveillance systems for public or private sectors Continue reading...

When we go about evaluating the Electronic Health Records (EHRs) functionality, standards or certifications, we follow the following usability principles:

- Simplicity: This means information or visual elements that are not necessary to the task are not included in the software package. The functions that are of greater significance should stand out and are easy to understand. The software application should have uncluttered and simple design.
- Naturalness: This implies that the screen metaphors and icons are similar to those other computer application which people or clinicians use. It should also be intuitive such that it is easy learning, and expenditure on training is minimal.
- Consistency: All the parts and terminology of the software has the same look Continue reading...

INTRODUCTION

Toofa Beauty Salon is a business enterprise offering beauty services and solutions. In a bid to expand more in the beauty industry, the store desires to establish a website where it can interact with its users more rewardingly. This paper details the development of the website of the company. The website puts in place the best industry wide practices for availability, access, navigation and usability. Specifically, this specification report explores the accessibility techniques employed in the development of the website, website description, design and implementation. It also includes evaluation mechanisms and validation and testing Aspects. Finally, it will provide Continue reading...

- What is the term/problem/concept? Does the author seem sufficiently comfortable with the term? What components of the term might need further research? Has this term been defined elsewhere, on-line, etc. (If you have a computer, do a quick search and see what you find)? If so, how is this extended definition different/unique?
The concept given is about Asian Americans. The author seems comfortable with the topic as seen by the way he had presented the extended definition. The topic is well-discussed. The term can be found in several other online websites, educational or otherwise, such as the UCLA Continue reading...

An Android Based Mobile Applications

1. Introduction
Open source android applications have captured the entire world. The Android OS remains in the smart phones. The android is the open source OS designed for Linux Kernel and it appears in mobile devices like smart phones, tablets. Google bought android in 2005. Android is the open source software and Google hold its source code. One of the biggest advantages of android is the android application can be easily modified, because it is open source in nature. The war between the smart phones started because of the android applications. Smart phones has many facilities like booking tickets, Continue reading...

(Study Program)

Websites have the main function of availing information to web users through internet-enabled devices. As such, web designers must strive to develop interactive websites that provide a good user experience irrespective of the devices used to access such websites. With smartphones and tablets on the increase in the modern market, differences in device resolution requirements in web design can at times be a daunting task for web designers. The answer to this lies in responsive web design. For any web-designer with plans to implement a superb internet site, responsive web design provides a solution to design issues Continue reading...

Introduction

The migration of systems to better and higher operating systems are an issue of concern for many organizations. It is in the quest to have higher performance in the organization. This paper will focus on migration to Windows 8. The migration will improve the performance and the quality of the business processes that are provided in any company. Windows 8 is the latest operating system that was released by Microsoft in October 2012. It was developed is that it would be easier to upgrade to it from previous operating systems. The migration has been made easier. Like any other Continue reading...

Marketing Products and Services

Theory of Branding Imagery and Attributes
Marketing Products and Services
Theory of Branding Imagery and Attributes

Introduction

Literature provides the dimensions of the impact of the theory of branding imagery and its attributes in marketing products and services as applied to this process in the Nokia and Microsoft agreement. Aligned to this is how textual stimuli combined with the influence pictorial marketing practices using product brand engages the consumer in spending decision-making behavior. Purposeful evaluation of the theory of branding reveals quality consumption as well as sophisticated visionary reactions to advertising producing emotional reaction and responses to the reputation of Continue reading...

- Description
The technology of computers can be traced back historically whereby the history of computers from one stage to the next led to the successive enhancement in computer use. This development has greatly contributed to the improvement in the economy at largely ranging from government, health institutions, banks, transportation, business, academic institutions, and many others. This paper focuses on how digital teach which an outcome of computer technology is going to change schools and education. The development in computer technology has come with various benefits and even problems at the same time (Tatnall and Bill 2014).
The level Continue reading...

Introduction

Mobile applications are software programs designed for use on mobile devices such as a phones and tablet computers. Mobile applications provide similar services to those offered by programs on personal computers. When mobile devices were introduced, they were used mainly for sending and receiving voice calls. Technology advanced rapidly, and mobile applications were introduced owing to the need for more functionality in mobile devices. Mobile devices are accessed by billions of people and have become necessary for daily living. The great number of mobile devices in use today has spurred the growth of mobile applications. The applications allow users Continue reading...

Introduction

New product development is a long and complete process of bringing up a new product or service into the market. Familiarizing oneself with the customer's taste and preferences, demand and nature of market greatly influence the penetration of the new product into the market. Durability, time, performance, quality determines the costumer's needs and interests towards the product in question. Many customers will often discredit new products, especially if it penetrated for the first time. Thus, the new product owners must find a way to convince these customers to trust their products. The new products that the company should advertise Continue reading...

FoodSpotting

FoodSpotting is one of the leading food applications that not only rates the restaurants but also provides the ratings on dishes by various users. It is a ‘visual guide’ to good dishes and where can the customers find them. Following are some of the strengths of the application:

App Strength:

- It helps in discovering nearby dishes as per your cravings and discover which nearby restaurant offers the dish and at what price.
- It makes finding good food as a real time ‘visual’ experience and gives an experience of looking into a ‘bakery window’.
- It keeps a track of Continue reading...

Biosensors emerged as an important technology that has gained much attention in different fields of study. Biosensor is "a self-contained analytical device that combines the biological component with a physicochemical component for the detection of an analyte of biological importance." (Hasan et al. 2014). Perumal & Hashim (2013) defined it according to IUPAC recommendation of 1999, which states that a biosensor is, "an independently integrated receptor transducer device, which is capable of providing selective quantitative or semi-quantitative analytical information using a biological recognition element."The application of nanobiotechnology in the production of biosensors and various other applications is one of Continue reading...

The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of the impacts of the iPad in a typical workplace. Several technological advancements have hit the workplace, but it is important to delve on a specific technological improvement.
The main emphasis of the report is to highlight the significance of adopting the iPad in today’s workplace. The report will focus on the benefits, and challenges, if any, that may arise out of iPad usage in the workplace. The complete report will seek to convince companies to implement the use of iPad in the workplace owing to the many Continue reading...

Business

Restatement of Problem
The topic of consumer buying behavior has researched by a number of scholars, and each one of them has illustrated what are the possible factors that influence or guide consumer behavior. Therefore, when organizations plan their strategies to ‘guide’ consumers, they do so by studying these factors and using them to design and market their products or services. This involves the participation of all stakeholders in the planning and strategizing process. The stakeholders could include the design team, the production team, finance, marketing, purchase and stores to name a few, and it is the collective effort Continue reading...

Interface design and security

Interface design and security

Abstract:

The new system incorporates a touch screen register. The new system is designed to increase security for the registers. Traditional registers operated using a key. Anybody with the key could access the contents of the register. However, there was no way of telling which person was responsible for any action in the register. The design of the new system is supposed to ensure every transaction is logged and is traceable. Cashiers are assigned a user id and a password that they need to access the system. The cashier is allowed a maximum of four incorrect Continue reading...

In his lifetime, Steve Jobs made an unparalleled impact as the entrepreneurial and driven inventor of the iPhone and the Macintosh and co-founder of Apple, Inc. Jobs would later underscore that, unlike his predecessor in Apple, he was not as much driven to make profit as to create products that are game-changers.
Born Steven Paul Jobs on February 24, 1955 in San Francisco, California under extraordinary circumstances to two University of Wisconsin graduate students who gave him up for adoption, Jobs showed early signs of his intelligence and innovativeness at a young age. In the popular biography Jobs commissioned, Continue reading...

Introduction

An e-commerce strategy is important in order to determine the procedure and facilities that are essential for processing monetary transactions through the standard data connections (Evaluba, page 5). This case deals with the e-commerce website Amazon.com and creating a suitable e-commerce strategy and structure for it. Today, Amazon is one of the biggest companies in the world with revenues of almost $15 billion in 2013 (Forbes, 2013).

An E-Commerce strategy for Amazon and the reason for its selection

E-Commerce strategy that could be applied to Amazon will be based on ‘Personalized Digital Media’ strategy. Personalization and page speed is gaining importance in today’s consumer world and it is one Continue reading...

The increase in global technology and inventions have facilitated research on materials that will enable industries and people increase data storage capacities. These technological inventions have resulted to generation of magnetic systems of data recording densities and storage beyond the present day’s computers. The continuous research on more usable and flexible computers have resulted to evolution of the Next Computer generation. This paper will vividly present a state –of- the art research and comprehensive report on how current computer aided, programs and tools will drastically change in terms of physical properties and function ability.
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Is Microsoft a Monopoly?

Introduction
Microsoft is a leading software developing company in the world. Almost more than 90 % of people using a computer uses one application developed by the Microsoft because Windows application has become an essential interface that makes using a computer relatively easier for the user. The main word can be used for Microsoft is user-friendly. As the company producing the first user-friendly computer interface, the company made an essential brand that many people all around the world are addicted.
Nowadays, there are other companies producing user-friendly operation systems for the computers. However, Microsoft has developed its operation systems very Continue reading...

How Elderly Persons can be influenced to become Active Users of Smartphones to Communicate with Peers and Younger Aged Groups via the Use of Web 2.0 Technologies
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ABSTRACT

The generational gap between younger age groups and senior persons who use mobile technology has been well documented. It is the purpose of this paper to document the challenges that senior persons face as it relates to the use of mobile technology. In addition, this research paper will reveal how mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, can be used to improve or enhance their social interactions amongst Continue reading...

XBOX

Xbox is a video gaming product. This gaming brand is owned and created by the Microsoft Company. The video gaming brand was initially introduced in the United States in the year 2001.The Microsoft company was the first company to develop a more distinct video gaming product. So far, the company has produced a series of video gaming brand. To date the company has released three series the 6th, 7th and the 8th gaming consoles. Xbox does not only develop video games application, but it also produces Xbox live, which is an online service and online streaming. From these internet-based Continue reading...

- Opening Statement: Since it was introduced to the public at the beginning of the 20th century, computers have been an integral component to man’s continuous development and discoveries.
- Thesis Statement: While he was not the one who invented the computer, it was Bill Gates who made a way to make computers user-friendly for all types of users and introduced cheaper and efficient software for the public.
- Who is Bill Gates?
- Early Years - William Henry “Bill” Gates III was born to Bill Gates Sr. and Mary Gates on October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington.
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Quality

Question No. 1. What are the objectives of the website?
The main objective of the website is to disperse the information regarding tour packages offered by the Express Holidays and enhance the customer range from an online presence (Brandenburg, 2010).
Question No. 2. What should be the look and feel of the website?

The website should be simple and compliance with the usability guidelines is required.

Question No. 3. What about the usability and accessibility features?
The website should be easy to use even by novice internet user. Moreover, the website should be accessible to the people with disabilities.

Scheduling

Question No. 4. When do you require the working prototype of the website?

The website should be completed within four (4) weeks since inception (Baverstock, 2011).

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Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability is a book written by Steve Krug in the year 2000. The book is about web usability and the human-computer relations. Krug writes a book that is to help website users and website designers on how to use and to make the web easily accessible to the users respectively. The author insists that, website designers should make it easy for users to access information from the website without making them think where to get or how to reach certain information on a website. Don't Make Me Think: A Continue reading...

Problem Statement:

Why companies should advertise their products on the Facebook? Not all organizations use Facebook in same way and all have different types of target market. However, all organizations are required to promote their products, and to bring them closer to the end consumers. Organizations dealing in business to business or business to consumers can get a good platform at Facebook that they can utilize in increasing brand awareness and sales. Organizations often fear that getting on to the Facebook might create negative publicity as all people can talk openly and conversations can be watched by anyone. Companies also avoid Continue reading...

The usability testis going to be conducted to decide how user can complete a number of tasks on the GoToMeeting website. The data will be collected via observation and the subjects will be given a questionnaire concerning their experience using the website. The subjects will be selected in such a way that the evaluation provides a view from many perspectives. A number of factors are going to be used to select the individuals to evaluate the website. These factors will need to be different in order to give the best review possible (Barnum, 2011). Each of the subjects will Continue reading...

- Executive Summary
The current business plan presents a business idea of a publishing company Galactica Publishing. The company is involved in production of electronic books of entertaining content. The company pursues the following goals: to grow social media presence, to become more user-friendly, to double website traffic, and to double revenue. The management of the company plans to use social media and other modern means of information and communication technologies to promote the products of the company. The detailed description of marketing the products of Galactica Publishing is proposed in the paper. At the present time, Galactica Publishing Continue reading...

In the highly sophisticated digital and internet age, social media and online communities provide a good platform for business owners in different categories and sectors of life. Social media not only help in marketing through advertisements but also can be a marketplace by itself (Ante 24). Social media marketing can be described as a modern day process that allows websites to gain attention or traffic with the help of sites in a different social media (Bharadwaj 480). This online community is essential in the generation of content that can attract the attention of the target group for business. The Continue reading...

Technology on a regular basis challenges human beings to think out of the box to provide more user friendly and easy to use devices. The technological developments in every field has been tremendous, and the customer is in a dilemma to choose the best option in these changing developments, which have their own advantages and disadvantages. The progress in technology is limitless, and the success levels in these improvements cannot be measured. Information Technology (IT), which means the usage of software, hardware, services associated with the devices, and supporting arrangement to accomplish and provide information using voice, data, and Continue reading...

World Expositions Can Benefit or Haunt Host Cities

Summary of the Article
The article “World Expositions Can Benefit or Haunt Host Cities” has been written by Goergi Kantchev in New York Times. The basic notion behind the article is the idea that World Expo, which is usually considered an economic blessing for a country can turn into a nightmare, if it is not planned effectively. The author has presented historical facts backed by numerical data that why the World Expo becomes success and why it turns into failure. Historically, the countries that became host nations witness great infrastructural transformation. It gives myriad opportunities for investment and job Continue reading...

Inventory Management System

Inventory Management System
L’Oreal is one among the world leaders in cosmetics. It has large number of factories all around the world, but still the organization manages its inventory in a well-organized manner. The organization has included advance technological and user-friendly systems to its functions to compete with the rivals in the market. L’Oreal has implemented an integrated Apriso’s FlexNet and an ERP system for the operations and inventory management. The new advance system has improved management of various operations at the organization like supply chain management, production management, inventory management, and quality management.

Previously, L’ Continue reading...

Introduction

Human-computer interaction (HCI) is a field that seeks to understand how people use computers about the various user interfaces available. Most human-computer interactions use a graphical user interface. However, other interactions make use of speech, sound, touch and command line interfaces (Nielsen, 2003). A principal function of HCI is to understand user satisfaction from using a computer using the corresponding interface (Nielsen, 2003). There are a number of issues that can be measured to determine user satisfaction. These are:

Ease of use

This is a method used to determine how easy the user found it to use the interface. It describes the Continue reading...

Question one

In regards to the design for way finding, the Facebook developer by has state of the art navigation option which allows and direct the users what they want. Facebook enables the user to navigate to different places with many simplicities. In addition, it also displays related pages, for instance, suggesting s group of people that that facebook account holder may know.
Critical analysis of the how facebook was design shows that the developer considered three things. These were attracting massive traffic, ensure high levels of user satisfaction and loyalty, and securing a substantial budget justifying the proposal in commercial Continue reading...