A framework for user experience, needs and affordances

Pucillo, Francesco; Cascini, Gaetano

doi:10.1016/j.destud.2013.10.001

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“…Sutton-Smith (1986) wrote that "it is dangerous to pretend we know what a child will do with a toy just from its characteristics alone; children have a way of doing things with toys over and beyond the apparent character of the toy". Although this statement holds true due to the symbolic nature in play, Pucillo and Cascini (2014) explain how intentionally designed experiences are only exhibited when users are at the right usage mode. This means that by analysing the context in which a product is going to be used, products can bring more satisfying and pleasurable experiences.…”

Section: User-centred Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Products can have their affordances designed in such a way to match the abilities of the users and increase their motivation by triggers/arguments/cues which are embedded in the design. This builds upon the work of Pucillo and Cascini (2014), by stimulating proposals for experiences. In their work, affordances are said to define both "how these proposals are made, in terms of features of the artefacts and characteristics of the user, (and) how clear proposals are, in terms of how affordances are perceived".…”

Section: User-centred Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Evaluating the Impact of Design Affordances in Preschool Children's Toy Preferences

Balzan

Farrugia

Casha

et al. 2018

Design Conference Proceedings

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The role of toys in early childhood intervention is crucial for children to acquire and improve their skills. A study with preschool children has been carried out in order to establish, from a product design perspective, how toys' innate characteristics trigger toy preferences. It was found that children's preference is presided by the play value that is perceived. By exploiting hedonic and pragmatic qualities, designers can embed persuasive qualities in toys. A framework for toy design is proposed as a model for a computer-aided support tool that helps toy designers reach their design goal.

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Section: User-centred Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: User-centred Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluating the Impact of Design Affordances in Preschool Children's Toy Preferences

Balzan

Farrugia

Casha

et al. 2018

Design Conference Proceedings

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“…Similarly, Pucillo and Cascini (2014) show a change in recent decades concerning the concept of usability by ISO 9241-11 (INTERNATIONAL..., 1996) to the ISO 9241-210 (INTERNATIONAL..., 2010), in which the term UX (User Experience) was employed as attitudes, skills, habits and personality of the users regarding their experience. In this light, the approach to evaluate the user experience involves not only efficiency (errors of usage), but also satisfaction (pleasure) and perception while trying the product.…”

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confidence: 99%

Visual Perception of the Physical Affordances of a Fire Extinguisher using an Eye Tracking Device

Rodrigues¹,

Teixeira²,

Albach³

et al. 2017

Product (São Carlos, Online)

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People who act in emergencies must make decisions based on their perceptions of the environment. Thus, emergency equipment, such as a fire extinguisher, must be identified clearly and quickly (intuitive use). Thereby, this paper presents the visual perception study of a Brazilian extinguisher using Eye Tracking. This case study involves twelve participants who had their eye movements tracked in two different contexts. In the first, participants had no prior information. In the second, they watched a video on the proper use of a fire extinguisher. The visualization differences show that participants changed their viewing points after learning more about the main parts of the product, therefore noticing the physical affordances.

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“…UX is divided into two aspects, the pragmatic quality (efficiency and effectiveness) and hedonic quality (aesthetics, feelings of pleasure or interest) [4]. User Experience (UX) is the impact from appearance, function, performance, interactive behavior, and the ability of a system to support products or services [5].…”

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Analysis of User Experience (UX) on Health-Tracker Mobile Apps

Suzianti¹,

Minanga²,

Fitriani³

2017

IJCTE

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Abstract-The development of smartphone technology allows people to do their daily activities in more efficient and effective ways through mobile applications. Therefore, the mobile apps industry has grown significantly in the last decade. To make the mobile apps industry develop further, knowledge on the elements needed in maximizing the user experience (UX) is necessary. The UX analysis in developing mobile apps has to be conducted in order to create an app that matches with user's preferences. This research focuses on one of the categories related to health, which is health-tracker apps. Based on the preliminary survey conducted, it was found that two of the most popular apps are the Google fit and Myfitnesspal. Thus, this research takes both apps as the objects of the research. The usability of the apps are then assessed by using AMOS-SEM. The results of the research is that Google fit had only one variable which is affect that influenced user's UX assessment while Myfitnesspal had two variables which are usability and affect that influenced it.

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A framework for user experience, needs and affordances

Cited by 153 publications

References 23 publications

Evaluating the Impact of Design Affordances in Preschool Children's Toy Preferences

Evaluating the Impact of Design Affordances in Preschool Children's Toy Preferences

Visual Perception of the Physical Affordances of a Fire Extinguisher using an Eye Tracking Device

Analysis of User Experience (UX) on Health-Tracker Mobile Apps

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