Usabilidad en aplicaciones móviles
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La usabilidad es considerada uno de los factores más importantes dentro de la calidad de un producto de software. Debido a esto es de interés poder contar con metodologías para medir la usabilidad de las aplicaciones. Los métodos de análisis de usabilidad que actualmente se utilizan, métodos clásicos, fueron desarrollados para aplicaciones de escritorio. Con la aparición, el uso masivo y el crecimiento de los dispositivos móviles, especialmente los Smartphones, la medición de usabilidad en aplicaciones móviles se tornó un tema de investigación. Los métodos y métricas actualmente utilizados para medir usabilidad pueden no ser directamente aplicables a este tipo de productos. Los estudios de usabilidad se han efectuado sobre diferentes contextos, recientemente se empezó a considerar la usabilidad en un contexto móvil. Este trabajo examina los métodos y las métricas utilizados para medir usabilidad y pretende analizar que desafíos existen al momento de realizar pruebas de usabilidad en aplicaciones móviles, donde el contexto que cambia continuamente pasa a tener un rol preponderante.
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