User interfaces are evaluated through techniques that require end-users and usability
experts. These techniques are costly and time consuming. Therefore, quantitative
techniques such as predictive metrics can be considered an indispensable alternative to
address some of user interface issues. One of these metrics is a visual cohesion metric. In
order to investigate the effectiveness of visual cohesion metrics as an indicator of the
usability of a user interface during the early stages of user interface development, this paper …