Hedonic and pragmatic halo effects at early stages of User Experience

Minge, Michael; Thring, Manfred

doi:10.1016/j.ijhcs.2017.07.007

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“…Furthermore, there is one study indicating that aesthetics might only enhance performance in the case of sub-optimal usability (Moshagen, Musch & Göritz, 2009). Yet a recent study of Minge & Thüring (2018) did not find such an interaction effect. Instead, Minge & Thüring (2018) suggest that there is an interaction between aesthetics and usability in form of halo-effects of aesthetics on usability before use and vice versa after use.…”

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“…Yet a recent study of Minge & Thüring (2018) did not find such an interaction effect. Instead, Minge & Thüring (2018) suggest that there is an interaction between aesthetics and usability in form of halo-effects of aesthetics on usability before use and vice versa after use. Future research should investigate effects of different levels of aesthetics while varying usability (low vs. high) at the same time to further investigate this matter.…”

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“…Thirdly, the type of tasks differs, spanning classical search tasks (e.g., Tuch et al, 2009; Van Schaik & Ling, 2009), creative tasks (e.g., Bonnardel, Piolat & Le Bigot, 2011) or learning tasks (e.g., Heidig, Müller & Reichelt, 2015; Miller, 2011; Um et al, 2012). Fourth, the existing studies have been conducted with a variety of different products and interfaces for example ATM applications (e.g., Tractinsky, Katz & Ikar, 2000), Browser-based applications and websites (e.g., Douneva, Haines & Thielsch, 2015; Douneva, Jaron & Thielsch, 2016; Katz, 2010; Ling & van Schaik, 2006; Van Schaik & Ling, 2009), software (e.g., Reinecke & Bernstein, 2011), mobile phones (e.g., Quinn & Tran, 2010; Sauer & Sonderegger, 2011; Sonderegger & Sauer, 2010; Sonderegger et al, 2014), or portable digital audio players (e.g., Minge & Thüring, 2018; Thüring & Mahlke, 2007). Despite these many different starting-points, possibilities of manipulation, and perspectives, a systematic pattern of whether and how aesthetics impacts performance has not appeared yet and systematic research on proposed theories is lacking (Thielsch & Niesenhaus, 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Experimental investigation on the effects of website aesthetics on user performance in different virtual tasks

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Haines

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2019

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In Human-Computer Interaction research, the positive effect of aesthetics on users’ subjective impressions and reactions is well-accepted. However, results regarding the influence of interface aesthetics on a user’s individual performance as an objective outcome are very mixed, yet of urgent interest due to the proceeding of digitalization. In this web-based experiment (N = 331), the effect of interface aesthetics on individual performance considering three different types of tasks (search, creative, and transfer tasks) is investigated. The tasks were presented on an either aesthetic or unaesthetic website, which differed significantly in subjective aesthetics. Goal orientation (learning versus performance goals) was included as a possible moderator variable, which was manipulated by using different task instructions. Both aesthetics and goal orientation were a between-subject factor, leading to a 2 × 2 between subject design. Manipulation checks were highly significant. Yet the results show neither significant main effects of aesthetics and goal orientation on performance regarding both accuracy and response times in each of the three tasks, nor significant interaction effects. Nevertheless, from a practical perspective aesthetics still should be considered due to its positive effects on subjective perceptions of users, even as no substantial effects on user performance occurred in the present experiment.

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“…Conversely, the components are also influenced by the user, the design of the product, and the context of the use. A wide range of studies found results supporting the framework of the CUE model (Aranyi & van Schaik, 2015 ; Ben-Bassat, Meyer, & Tractinsky, 2006 ; Hamborg, Hülsmann, & Kaspar, 2014 ; Lee & Koubek, 2012 ; Mahlke, Minge, & Thüring, 2006 ; Minge & Thüring, 2018 ; Thüring & Mahlke, 2007 ). These studies show that usability is understood as one of the key components for the perception of instrumental qualities, while visual attractiveness is one of the key components in the perception of non-instrumental qualities.…”

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App icon similarity and its impact on visual search efficiency on mobile touch devices

Trapp

Wienrich

2018

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Users of mobile touch devices are often confronted with a great number of apps, challenging an efficient access to single applications. Especially when looking for infrequently used apps, users have to perform a visual search. We address this problem in two studies by applying knowledge about visual search efficiency to app icons on mobile touch devices. We aimed to transfer findings of similarity grouping for complex stimuli to a more applied setting and to investigate the effect of search efficiency on user experience. In Study 1 (N = 18), we varied set size and target presence as well as visual similarity between icons by color manipulation. Results indicated a highly efficient search when the target was easy to discriminate from the distractors and a less efficient search with increasing similarity. These results were replicated in a second, more realistic use case (N = 36). Regarding user experience, Study 2 showed that perceived usability and intuitiveness increased with search efficiency but that the overall liking also depended on the visual variety of the design. Moreover, although participants showed a general interest in a system supporting their search, most participants had concerns about data privacy with such a system. In conclusion, the results indicate that concepts and findings from basic attention research serve as fruitful heuristics for searches in more realistic (applied) settings. Furthermore, results showed that similarity manipulation with color works without controlling for other icon characteristics (e.g. luminance, shade). The findings might offer a new approach when designing for smooth interaction with mobile touch devices.

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“…It has become the main concern among researchers on current design trends in order to emerge abstract, subjective, and emotional qualities involved in any interaction processes (Taylor et al, 2011). According to ISO 9241-20, UX can be defined as a person perception and responses that result from the use or anticipated use of product, application, or technological services (Minge and Thuring, 2018). From this definition, it is clearly to argue that web/mobile application should no longer be simply by delivering a bulk of information or functional features/processes, but it should also be able to deliver effective elements of abstract, subjective, and good emotional qualities of interaction.…”

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Extended User Experience Model to Support Web Accessibility and Emotional Qualities among Visually Impaired Users

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2021

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To date, the advancement inmobile applications and Internet technologies have changed the way on how people interact with computer software/application. Information is much easier to accessed, processes can be performed faster, and interaction can be controlled fully by users. This paper will elaborateand discuss the information and interaction processes taken between users and computer software/application according to the existing user experience model. The main objective is to present an extension of user experience model that to support the interaction between users and applications among the disabilities (visually impaired). It will include better technology understanding on both conceptual and interaction properties of the whole application domain and their associations between web accessibility, user experience, and technology acceptance. The proposed model will be focusing on two parts; user experience components, and consequences (outcome). It will be used in further empirical study on modeling the relationships between the application users, user experience, and technology acceptance. We envisage effective and comprehensive design model that could be integrated and provide positive progress from the existing literature findings.

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Hedonic and pragmatic halo effects at early stages of User Experience

Cited by 86 publications

References 37 publications

Experimental investigation on the effects of website aesthetics on user performance in different virtual tasks

Experimental investigation on the effects of website aesthetics on user performance in different virtual tasks

App icon similarity and its impact on visual search efficiency on mobile touch devices

Extended User Experience Model to Support Web Accessibility and Emotional Qualities among Visually Impaired Users

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