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. The usability of mobile applications should be high so that users can interact with them easily. There have been many models proposed that help developers make mobile applications more usable. But they did not address all the issues. In our paper, we propose a framework which is hybrid of multiple models including ISO, Moe, Voelle, Nielsen Zhang, and PACMAD models. In this paper, we also introduce a novel feature “Waste-app” for efficient utilization of memory. It automatically cleans up cache and the apps that have been in use for a long time. The 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, June 2017
Date Published   30 June 2017
Published in   IOARP Journal of Communication and Networks
Date Appeared in GDL   15 Julyl 2017

Pages   7
Global Digital Library Number   GDL-IOARP-JCN02-001
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