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Auflistung nach Schlagwort "Aesthetics"

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  • Workshop
    Can't Touch This? Is This Touch? It's So Fluffy I'm Gonna Die! -- Material and Tangible Research Methods in HCI
    (Mensch und Computer 2024 - Workshopband, 2024) Burtscher, Sabrina; Kender, Kay; Meissner, Janis; Posch, Irene; Strohmayer, Angelika
    Materials are multifunctional resources that can serve as data, method, process, and outcomes of HCI projects. In this full-day in-person workshop, we invite participants to reflect on materials and tangible artefacts, how we use them in our practice, what they mean to us, what we dream of. Our goal is to support aesthetic expression and material sensitivity, and cement the importance of tangibility in our field. Together, we will co-create a Zine that will be published physically during the conference, and made available digitally after.
  • Zeitschriftenartikel
    The Influence of User Interface Attributes on Aesthetics
    (i-com: Vol. 17, No. 1, 2018) Schmidt, Thomas; Wolff, Christian
    In this paper we present an empirical study among 40 participants which investigates the relationship between various factors of user interface aesthetics on the one hand, and the influence of the user interface attributes, symmetry, colorfulness as well as visual complexity on user interface aesthetics on the other hand. The user interface aesthetics will be classified in intuitive aesthetics (1st impression with a presentation time of 500 ms) and reflective aesthetics (reflective long-term impression after a longer presentation). Reflective aesthetics is further classified in classical aesthetics (common attractiveness) as well as expressive aesthetics (creativity). For this study we have set up a corpus of 30 websites which are used as stimulus material. In a multi-step lab experiment, participants rate aesthetics and their subjective impression concerning user interface attributes using questionnaires. We are able to show that the intuitive aesthetic judgment correlates strongly with the reflective judgment. The symmetry of a website positively correlates with all definitions of aesthetics, especially with the classical or traditional interpretation in the sense of attractiveness. Visual complexity can be seen as the strongest predictor for the aesthetic judgement of users and it negatively correlates with all definitions. Concerning colorfulness, a preference for websites of a medium degree of colorfulness for the intuitive as well as the classical aesthetics can be stated. Concerning expressive aesthetics, websites of moderate to high colorfulness receive the best judgments. The relationships which we have found are finally discussed in the context of previous research and some implications for future user interface design are given.
  • Zeitschriftenartikel
    Symbolic Aspects of University Homepage Design: What Appeals to Different Cultures?
    (MMI Interaktiv - User Experience: Vol. 1, No. 13, 2007) Sen, Devjani; Lindgaard, Gitte; Patrick, Andrew
    University homepages often provide the first introduction to a university for many students in an increasingly global world. As a result, a university s ability to attract new students may rest in large part on the ability of a website to attract and hold the attention of its intended audience. The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine potential cross-cultural differences in 'persuasive appeals' which may influence how much people from varying cultural backgrounds may trust university homepages. More specifically, this paper attempts to identify cultural differences in the symbolic aspects of these persuasive appeals in university homepages through the identification of cultural markers in message content guided by Hofstede's (1980). As the ultimate aim of this study is to design guidelines for developers of university websites that will cater to a global audience, the goals for this preliminary work are to (1) identify cultural differences in symbolic appeals in university homepages and (2) provide design guidelines for university homepages that are pertinent to, and will hold, persuasive appeal for the end user's cultural mind set. Two initial models, derived from the findings of this study are offered on how cultural differences may influence the impact of persuasive appeals in university homepages. The central findings are discussed in terms of some preliminary implications for future web design.