Hypermedia Design, Analysis, and Evaluation Issues

One can perform a heuristic evaluation of a hypermedia application effectively by coupling a systematic analysis of the application based on a design model with general usability criteria, independent of the specific application area, user profile(s), and user task(s). We call our method design-oriented evaluation (as opposed to the user-oriented evaluation commonly applied in usability testing), since if evaluates the internal strength of the design underlying the hypermedia application