"Building Quality Into Interactive Multimedia - Access Australia CMC Forum"
Sydney, August 1996

ONLINE USEABILITY - IS IT DIFFERENT?

T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@ciolek.com), Coombs Computing Unit, ANU


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On/Off-line INFORMATION Resources
Handling of the Production Phase
a comparison

Aspect/Resource Type NETWORKED
eg. WWW pages
STANDALONE
eg. a CD-ROM resource
Audience unpredictable predictable/targeted
Audience growth exponential linear
Construction Process bottom-up top-down
Producers amateurs & volunteers professionals & paid staff
Development cycle open-ended closed
Production deadlines many, on installments one
Development costs low high
Maintainance costs medium to high nil
Publication/Release small modules, om installment in one large package
Censorship ? no yes


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