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This paper details a usability study on a bioinformatics visualization tool. The tool was redesigned based on a usability engineering framework called UX-P (User Experiences to Patterns) that leverages personas and patterns as primary design directives, and encourages on-going usability testing throughout the design lifecycle. The goals were to carry out a design project using the UX-P framework, to assess the usability of the resulting prototype, and to mitigate the test results into useful recommendations.
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Javahery, H., Seffah, A. (2007). Refining the Usability Engineering Toolbox: Lessons Learned from a User Study on a Visualization Tool. In: Holzinger, A. (eds) HCI and Usability for Medicine and Health Care. USAB 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4799. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76805-0_16
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