WebTrace: An enhanced system for remote user interaction tracking and analysis in web applications
Usability testing is crucial for enhancing the user experience of web applications, yet traditional methods remain prohibitively costly and complex. In this paper, we present WebTrace, a tool that facilitates lightweight and effective usability testing by remotely tracking user interactions, such as...
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| description | Usability testing is crucial for enhancing the user experience of web applications, yet traditional methods remain prohibitively costly and complex. In this paper, we present WebTrace, a tool that facilitates lightweight and effective usability testing by remotely tracking user interactions, such as clicks and keyboard inputs, through a browser extension. This simplifies testing and deployment across diverse environments. WebTrace also includes features to manage usability testing and abstract repetitive data, thereby enhancing analysis efficiency. By simplifying participation and supporting thorough analysis, WebTrace reduces the overall costs of usability testing while improving both time and resource management. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6d2f2b949edc492fbffe29b5c80b0e662025-08-20T03:05:21ZengElsevierSoftwareX2352-71102025-05-013010207510.1016/j.softx.2025.102075WebTrace: An enhanced system for remote user interaction tracking and analysis in web applicationsJiseung Pyun0Min Heo1Yehui Choe2Jongwook Jeong3Jeonbuk National University, 567, Baekje-daero Deokjin-gu, Jeonju, 54896, Republic of KoreaJeonbuk National University, 567, Baekje-daero Deokjin-gu, Jeonju, 54896, Republic of KoreaJeonbuk National University, 567, Baekje-daero Deokjin-gu, Jeonju, 54896, Republic of KoreaCorresponding author.; Jeonbuk National University, 567, Baekje-daero Deokjin-gu, Jeonju, 54896, Republic of KoreaUsability testing is crucial for enhancing the user experience of web applications, yet traditional methods remain prohibitively costly and complex. In this paper, we present WebTrace, a tool that facilitates lightweight and effective usability testing by remotely tracking user interactions, such as clicks and keyboard inputs, through a browser extension. This simplifies testing and deployment across diverse environments. WebTrace also includes features to manage usability testing and abstract repetitive data, thereby enhancing analysis efficiency. By simplifying participation and supporting thorough analysis, WebTrace reduces the overall costs of usability testing while improving both time and resource management.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352711025000421Usability testing toolUser interactionWeb applicationBehavior abstraction |
| spellingShingle | Jiseung Pyun Min Heo Yehui Choe Jongwook Jeong WebTrace: An enhanced system for remote user interaction tracking and analysis in web applications SoftwareX Usability testing tool User interaction Web application Behavior abstraction |
| title | WebTrace: An enhanced system for remote user interaction tracking and analysis in web applications |
| title_full | WebTrace: An enhanced system for remote user interaction tracking and analysis in web applications |
| title_fullStr | WebTrace: An enhanced system for remote user interaction tracking and analysis in web applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | WebTrace: An enhanced system for remote user interaction tracking and analysis in web applications |
| title_short | WebTrace: An enhanced system for remote user interaction tracking and analysis in web applications |
| title_sort | webtrace an enhanced system for remote user interaction tracking and analysis in web applications |
| topic | Usability testing tool User interaction Web application Behavior abstraction |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352711025000421 |
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