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Www Sites Vs. Applications Software: The Dais Model, Lejla Vrazalic, Peter N. Hyland

Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A

Since the advent and widespread use of the Internet, it has become apparent that there are significant differences between applications software and WWW sites which warrant a re-examination of HCI design and evaluation methods. Previous research has identified and documented the factors which differentiate between applications software and WWW sites, however a well defined model of these differences and their origins was not available. This paper defines such a model of Distinguishing Attributes for Informational Sites (DAIS). © 2003 ACM.