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Scaling for the masses: usability practices of the web's most popular sites

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CHI EA '00: CHI '00 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 245 - 246

https://doi.org/10.1145/633292.633435

Published: 01 April 2000 Publication History

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This panel will include representatives from some of the web's most popular sites. Each reaches millions of users monthly and has its own business model and goals that differ from the others. The panelists will discuss the usability issues confronting sites that serve very large audiences, such as: how best to conduct usability testing on sites with large audiences, how large internal teams can work with multiple contractors and vendors to achieve a usable site, how internationalization affects usability goals, how the rise of new advertising models will affect site usability, and what can be learned from the sites already in existence. The moderator will encourage the audience to ask questions of the panelists and share their own experiences and advice.

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Piller, C. Web Travelers Follow Beaten Paths to Similar Sites. Los Angeles Times, Home Edition, Business Section (Mon., August 23, 1999).

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CHI EA '00: CHI '00 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

April 2000

406 pages

ISBN:1581132484

DOI:10.1145/633292

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Marilyn Tremaine
Drexel University

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