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The paper presents a preliminary report on two studies testing the same prototype system user interfaces in Slovenia and the USA. A comparison of results highlights some of the differences in performance and preferences between the two studies and leads to a discussion of possible implications for testing in different cultural environments on one hand and on the other hand, the question of universally accepted user interfaces.
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Prototypes developed in cooperation with dr. Trond Aalberg (NTNU, Norway).
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Merčun, T., Salaba, A., Žumer, M. (2016). User Testing of Prototype Systems in Two Different Environments: Preliminary Results. In: Morishima, A., Rauber, A., Liew, C. (eds) Digital Libraries: Knowledge, Information, and Data in an Open Access Society. ICADL 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10075. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49304-6_14
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