Title: EMERGENCY RELATED MOBILE APPLICATIONS: USABILITY FRAMEWORK AND PROPOSED IMPLEMENTATION

Issue Number:	Vol. 5, No. 4
Year of Publication:	2015
Page Numbers:	165-174
Authors:	Hannah Soh Wen Shin, Nazreen Fatimah Dhahir, Jeyabarath A/L Jeya Mohan, Nasuha Lee Abdullah
Journal Name:	International Journal of New Computer Architectures and their Applications (IJNCAA) - Hong Kong

Abstract:

There are a variety of mobile applications that provide convenience to mobile device users and emergency related applications are one of them. The number of these emergency related applications has been increasing as people see the need for these applications. Many existing usability frameworks are meant for mobile applications in general. Applications of different functionalities especially emergency related applications might be evaluated differently when it comes to what factors are needed in it to be considered usable. Therefore, this research proposes a new usability framework that caters specifically for emergency related mobile applications according to the priority of usability factors needed in the application. Finally, an emergency facilities locater mobile application is proposed where the user interface design uses the guidelines derived from the new usability framework.