Enhancing the explanatory power of usability heuristics

Nielsen, Jakob

doi:10.1145/191666.191729

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“…The study of mobile gaming applies concepts of usability and flow experience that have constituted research of human-computer interaction (HCI) (Nielsen, 1994a;Pace, 2004;Pilke, 2004;Noiwan & Norcio, 2006;Choi et al, 2007;Edwards et al, 2008;Lee et al, 2010). The former originating from Nielsen has been widely used in the interface design of artifacts (Nielsen, 1994a).…”

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“…The former originating from Nielsen has been widely used in the interface design of artifacts (Nielsen, 1994a). The latter developed by Csikszentmihalyi, has been applied to fields of gaming, social/religious convensions, sports, and e-commerce shopping (Csikszentmihalyi, 1975;Csikszentmihalyi, 1990;Hoffman & Novak, 1996;Koufaris, 2002).…”

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“…The operational definition of usability, that is, the heuristic evaluation framework of usability by Nielsen dominates (Gray & Salzman, 1998). This definition includes visibility of system status, match between the system and the real world, user control and freedom, consistency and standards, error prevention, recognition rather than recall, flexibility and efficiency of use, aesthetic and minimalist design, and helping users recognize, diagnose, and recover from errors (Nielsen, 1994a). Nielsen (1994b) further grouped the framework into five usability goals: learnability, efficiency, memorability, errors (as in low error rate), and satisfaction.…”

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Enhancing Mobile Satisfaction through Integration of Usability and Flow

Hung¹,

Chou²,

Ding³

2012

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This research examines the influence of usability and flow on user satisfaction of mobile gaming. Two structural equation models test the influences resulted from usability and flow and compare differences between two main types of mobile games, the RPG/adventure and causal/puzzle types preferred most in Taiwan. The results show that the integrative model of usability and flow explains user mobile satisfaction well. Accordingly, this paper discusses strategies for enhancing user mobile satisfaction by achieving usability and flow experience through collaboration among three important complementary mobile players: game vendors, mobile phone manufactures, and mobile network operators.

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Enhancing Mobile Satisfaction through Integration of Usability and Flow

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Chou²,

Ding³

2012

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“…In usability engineering, heuristics are general principles or broad usability guidelines that have been used to design and evaluate interactive systems [29]. Heuristic evaluation is the use of said principles as a usability inspection method by experts to identify usability problems in an existing design as part of an iterative design process [27,28].…”

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Heuristic Evaluation for Gameful Design

Tondello

Kappen

Mekler

et al. 2016

Proceedings of the 2016 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts

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Despite the emergence of many gameful design methods in the literature, there is a lack of evaluation methods specific to gameful design. To address this gap, we present a new set of guidelines for heuristic evaluation of gameful design in interactive systems. First, we review several gameful design methods to identify the dimensions of motivational affordances most often employed. Then, we present a set of 28 gamification heuristics aimed at enabling experts to rapidly evaluate a gameful system. The resulting heuristics are a new method to evaluate user experience in gameful interactive systems.

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“…In Interface Design, Norman [21] classically advocated for interfaces that are clear from clutter and distraction, allowing users to focus on the task at hand. Nielsen [20] defended the need for interfaces where dialogues do not contain information that is "rarely needed". Although much has happened in interface design since then, the drive for minimal information remains largely influential.…”

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Bitbarista

Pschetz

Tallyn

Gianni

et al. 2017

Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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We are surrounded by a proliferation of connected devices performing increasingly complex data transactions. Traditional design methods tend to simplify or conceal this complexity to improve ease of use. However, the hidden nature of data is causing increasing discomfort. This paper presents BitBarista, a coffee machine designed to explore perceptions of data processes in the Internet of Things. BitBarista reveals social, environmental, qualitative and economic aspects of coffee supply chains. It allows people to choose a source of future coffee beans, situating their choices within the pool of decisions previously made. In doing so, it attempts to engage them in the transactions that are required to produce coffee. Initial studies of BitBarista with 42 participants reveal challenges of designing for connected systems, particularly in terms of perceptions of data gathering and sharing, as well as assumptions generated by current models of consumption. A discussion is followed by a series of suggestions for increasing positive attitudes towards data use in interactive systems.

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Enhancing the explanatory power of usability heuristics

Cited by 734 publications

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Enhancing Mobile Satisfaction through Integration of Usability and Flow

Enhancing Mobile Satisfaction through Integration of Usability and Flow

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