Bells, Whistles, and Alarms: HCI Lessons Using AJAX for a Page-turning Web Application

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2011

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This case study describes creating a version of METS Navigator, a page-turning web application for multi- part digital objects, using an AJAX library with user interface components. The design for this version created problems for customized user interactions and accessibility problems for users, including those using assistive technologies and mobile devices. A review of the literature considers AJAX, accessibility, and universal usability and possible steps to take moving forward to correct these problems in METS Navigator.

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AJAX, accessibility, human-computer interaction, universal usability, design, standardization

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Hardesty, Juliet L. “Bells, whistles, and alarms: HCI lessons using AJAX for a page-turning web application.” In Proceedings of the 2011 Annual Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Vancouver, BC, Canada, May 07-12, 2011). CHI EA ’11. New York: ACM, 2011. 827-840. DOI=http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1979742.1979677

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