USERfit tool: a tool to facilitate design for all

  • Authors:

  • Julio Abascal;Myriam Arrue;Nestor Garay;Jorge Tomás

  • Affiliations:

  • Laboratory of Human-Computer Interaction for Special Needs, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Informatika Fakultatea, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain;Laboratory of Human-Computer Interaction for Special Needs, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Informatika Fakultatea, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain;Laboratory of Human-Computer Interaction for Special Needs, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Informatika Fakultatea, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain;Laboratory of Human-Computer Interaction for Special Needs, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Informatika Fakultatea, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain

  • Venue:
  • ERCIM'02 Proceedings of the User interfaces for all 7th international conference on Universal access: theoretical perspectives, practice, and experience
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

USERfit is a well-established methodology focused on the generation of usability specifications, specifically created for the Assistive Technology field that proved to be very suitable for the Design for All paradigm. This methodology uses paper-based forms to store and propagate the design related information. For this reason, some issues, such us the inclusion and elimination of new users or contexts of use or the need to propagate the results between forms, make the specification process tedious. This paper presents an application called USERfit Tool developed in order to facilitate the use of the USERfit design environment. In addition, USERfit Tool allows for the reuse of previously developed material and the sharing of design information among remote groups of designers, maintaining coherence and compatibility.