Commentary
Usability—A Sensitizing Concept
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15215978 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Morten Hertzum (0000-0003-0019-8531, University of Copenhagen, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 178-181 |
| Publication date | 2017-05-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human-Computer Interaction (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0737-0024 • E-ISSN: 1532-7051 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07370024.2017.1302800 |
| OpenAlex | W2610590271 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
In his article “The Usability Construct: A Dead End?”, Tractinsky (in Human-Computer Interaction) contends that for scientific research on usability to progress, the usability construct should be unbundled and replaced by well-defined constructs. This contention is presented as the conclusion that follows naturally from taking a scientist’s viewpoint on usability. Similar calls for definitive concepts – constructs in Tractinsky’s terminology – have been made in other scientific fields with concepts as ambiguous as that of usability. But counterarguments have also been presented
Human–computer interaction · Usability · Computer Science · Innovative Human-Technology Interaction · Personal Information Management and User Behavior · Psychology · Usability and User Interface Design
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |