Homepage aesthetics: The search for preference factors and the challenges of subjectivity

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1351-1370

  Pandir, Muzeyyen ^a   Knight, John ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aesthetic pleasure; Experimental aesthetics; Preference factors; Subjectivity; Website preferences

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; SEARCH ENGINES; WORLD WIDE WEB;

AESTHETIC PLEASURE; EXPERIMENTAL AESTHETICS; PREFERENCE FACTORS; SUBJECTIVITY; WEBSITE PREFERENCES;

WEBSITES;

EID: 33750698236     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intcom.2006.03.007     Document Type: Article

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