Usability Testing for Batik 4.0: A Web Application for Generating 3D Batik Semarangan

Abstract

Revolution of the industry has now reached the industrial 4.0 era. The development and progression of the industrial revolution have meant that a country needs to have superior products as added value in order to safeguard from the threat of global competition. Indonesia has a product advantage compared to other countries in the form of Indonesian Batik. Indonesian Batik producers are spread across several cities in Indonesia, each having their own unique characteristics, one of which is Semarang. The batik in Semarang is called Batik Semarangan. To keep abreast of the changes brought about by the industrial revolution in Indonesia, a web-based application was developed to produce 3D batik motifs using a triangle mesh. This application is called Batik 4.0. It was important to measure and test the performance and efficiency of the application in order to meet existing objectives and functional requirements of the application. Usability testing was the chosen approach used to facilitate this process and to assess how well the users could learn and use the application. Batik 4.0 was applied on comparison in two platforms in the form of a one-page website and multipage website. This study describes the general description and function of Batik 4.0, and evaluates the usability of this application to produce 3D batik motifs using a triangle mesh in the application of onepage and multipage. The results will be compared to find out which one is better for the application of Batik 4.0, whether on page or multipage. The testing technique was in the form of a survey, of which was questionnaire-based and performance-based. For compare the usability of onepage and multipage, this research use the usability attributes included learnability, satisfaction, effectiveness and efficiency. The results from the testing indicated that the multipage website to generate 3D batik motifs was better than onepage website with learnability value (81.71%), satisfaction (77.43%), effectiveness (94.64%) and efficiency (92.23 %) results.