A Hybrid Model for Usability of Mobile Applications

Rabia Afzal Minhas, Khola Rafique, Ali Javed, Muhammad Awais Azam

Abstract

The success of mobile applications depends upon its usability. Of all the non-functional requirements, usability dimension is the foremost requirement for mobile applications. Usability of mobile applications should be high so that users can interact with them easily. There have been many models proposed that help developers for making mobile applications more usable. But they did not address all of the issues. In our paper, we propose a framework which is hybrid of multiple models like ISO, Moe, Voelle, Nielsen Zhang and Pacmad. In this paper, we also introduce a novel feature “Waste-app” for efficient utilization of memory. It automatically cleans up cache and the apps which are in use for a long time. Proposed methodology shows that inclusion of this new feature and the new hybrid model gives better results in usability aspects.

Keywords    Mobile applications, usability, Waste-app.

Journal   IOARP Journal of Communication and Networks
Volume   Volume 2
Issue   Issue 1, March 2017
Date Published   31 March 2017
Published in   IOARP Journal of Communication and Networks
Date Appeared in GDL   15 April 2017

Pages   28-34
Global Digital Library Number   GDL-JCN02-003
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