Current Research Areas
Tailoring the mobile experience for users in different contexts.
Mobile EcosystemA representation of industry factors influencing mobile user experience.
MultimodalThe opportunities and challenges of allowing multiple inputs.
Resources & LinksJust like it sounds, but still in development.
Improving User Acceptance of Voice Recognition Technology
TechnologyMultimedia and location-based services.
User ResearchChallenges in testing mobile devices and applications.
The Mobile Ecosystem
What industry factors affect the mobile user experience? After a fairly exhaustive search of both academic and industry sources, however, we were unable to find a cohesive representation of the mobile ecosystem. The knowledge map Mobile User Experience Issues and the Mobile Ecosystem is the result of our efforts to create the missing representation.
What is this site?
mobileUX is a summary of research issues in mobile usability prepared by the Emerging Mobile Technologies Research Group at the University of Washington's Department of Technical Communication.
Meet the research team. 