Usability

:This article is about the human-computer interaction concept. For the User Friendly webcomics, see User Friendly.

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Human-computer interaction - Webcomics - User Friendly

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Usability is a term used to denote the ease with which people can employ a particular tool or other human-made object in order to achieve a particular goal. Usability can also refer to the methods of measuring usability and the study of the principles behind an object's perceived efficiency or elegance.

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Tool - Object

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In human-computer interaction and computer science, usability usually refers to the elegance and clarity with which the user interface of a computer program or a web site is designed. The term is also used often in the context of products like consumer electronics, or in the areas of communication, and knowledge transfer objects (such as a cookbook, a document or online help). It can also refer to the efficient design of a mechanical objects such as a door handle or a hammer.

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Human-computer interaction - Computer science - User interface - Computer program - Web site - Consumer electronics - Communication - Knowledge transfer - Cookbook - Document - Online help - Mechanical - Hammer

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