Improving Web usability through visualization

• Published in: IEEE internet computing Vol. 6; no. 2; pp. 64 - 71
• Main Author: Chi, E.H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Alamitos IEEE 01.03.2002; IEEE Computer Society
• Subjects: Clustering algorithms; Computer simulation; Couplings; Data analysis; Data mining; Data visualization; Information analysis; Internet; Linkages; Mathematical models; Open source software; Predictive models; Software algorithms; Surf; Usability; User interfaces; Visualization; Websites

One reason for poor Web site usability is researchers' lack of understanding about how users surf for information. Predictive Web usage visualizations can help analysts uncover traffic patterns and usability problems. The author describes some of the techniques those in the User Interface Resea...