Over the recent years, the notion of a non-instrumental, hedonic quality of interactive products received growing interest. Based on a review of 151 publications, we summarize more than ten years research on the hedonic to provide an overview of definitions, assessment tools, antecedents, consequences, and correlates. We highlight a number of contributions, such as introducing experiential value to the practice of technology design and a better prediction of overall quality judgments and product acceptance. In addition, we suggest a number of areas for future research, such as providing richer, more nuanced models and tools for quantitative and qualitative analysis, more research on the consequences of using hedonic products and a better understanding of when the hedonic plays a role and when not.
Abstract. Eavesdropping on passwords sent over insecure connections still poses a significant threat to Web users. Current measures to warn about insecure connections in browsers are often overlooked or ignored. In this paper, we systematically design more effective security interventions to indicate insecure connections in combination with password requests. We focus on catching the attention of the user with the proposed security interventions. We comparatively evaluate the three developed interventions using eye-tracking and report how effective these options are in the context of three different website designs. We find that one of the options -red background of the password field -captures significantly more attention than the others, but is less linked to the underlying problem than the yellow warning triangle option. Thus, we recommend a combination of the two options.
Zusammenfassung Gute Usability und User Experience sind mittlerweile allgemein anerkannte Qualitätskriterien, werden vom Nutzer aber auch eingefordert und erwartet. Hier beginnt der Job der Usability und User Experience (UX) Professionals. Mit dem jährlich erscheinenden Branchenreport Usability gibt die German UPA (Berufsverband der deutschen Usability und User Experience Professionals, www.germanupa.de) einen Eindruck in das Berufsbild von Usability und User Experience Professionals und berichtet über Entwicklungen, aktuelle Themen sowie die bekanntesten Unternehmen der Branche. Auf Basis des Branchenreports 2013 und der Angaben von 356 Teilnehmern berichtet der vorliegende Beitrag zentrale Kennzahlen und Entwicklungen der Branche. Neben Informationen zu Ausbildungswegen, dem Arbeitsfeld Usability/UX sowie aktuellen Diskussionen der Branche greift der Beitrag einige Schwerpunktthemen auf wie beispielsweise eine genauere Betrachtung der Arbeitssituationen hinter einzelnen Jobbezeichnungen (z. B. Usability Engineer, UX Consultant), eine Beleuchtung der speziellen Arbeitssituation und typischen Werdegängen der Freiberufler sowie die Abgrenzung der Begriffe User Experience und Usability.
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