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• The CIFter project has been developed to evaluate the methodologies that are used to test usability of websites.
• J. Cugini and J. Scholtz, "VisVIP: 3D Visualization of Paths through Websites", Proceedings of the International Workshop on Web-Based Information Visualization (WebVis'99), pp. 259-263, (in conjunction with DEXA'99, Tenth International Workshop on Database and Expert Systems Applications, eds A.M. Tjoa, A. Cammelli, R.R. Wagner) Florence, Italy, September 1-3, 1999, IEEE Computer Society.
• J. Cugini, "Web Usability Logging: Tools and Formats", presented to the Tools to Support Faster and Better Usability Engineering workshop, August 15, 2000, Asheville, NC (held in conjunction with the UPA 2000 conference).
• J. Cugini, NBS Special Publication 500-247, The FLUD format: Logging Usability Data from Web-based Applications, January 2001.
• J. Cugini, S. Laskowski, "Design of a File Format for Logging Website Interaction", forthcoming.
• A. Badre and S. Laskowski, "Cultural Context of Web Interfaces", forthcoming.
• J. Scholtz, "WEB Usability: The Search for a Yardstick", 3rd Conference on Human-Factors and The WEB.
• L. Downey and J. Scholtz, "On the Fast Track: New Usability Testing Methods for Websites", Computer-Human Interaction (CHI '98) Conference.
• J. Scholtz and L. Downey, "Methods for Identifying Usability Problems and Websites", IFIP Working Conference on Engineering for Human-Computer Interaction.
• J. Scholtz, S. Laskowski, and L. Downey, "Developing Usability Tools and Techniques for Designing and Testing Websites", 4th Conference on Human Factors and the Web.
• J. Scholtz, "Web Metrics: A Methodology for Producing Usable Websites", Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Conference, 1998.
• J. Scholtz, "Kiosk-Based User Testing of Online Books", SIGDOC (special interest group on documentation) Conference.
• J. Scholtz, "A Case Study: Developing a Remote, Rapid, and Automated Usability Testing Methodology for On-line Books", HICSS - Hawaii International Conference on Systems Science.
• J. Scholtz, "Using Visualizations for Web Usability Data", ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1999.
• C. Sheppard and J. Scholtz, "The Effects of Cultural Markers on Website Use", 5th Conference on Human Factors and the Web, June 1999.
• J. Scholtz, "Adaptation of Traditional Usability Testing Methods for Remote Testing", HICSS (Hawaii International Conference on System Science), 2000.

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