Changing only the aesthetic features of a product can affect its apparent usability

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing

Volumn 241, Issue , 2007, Pages 221-233

  Monk, Andrew ^a   Lelos, Kira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; EXPERIMENTS; RATING; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

AESTHETIC FEATURES; AESTHETIC QUALITIES; DIGITAL PRODUCTS; ELDERLY POPULATIONS; HOLISTIC EVALUATIONS; OLDER PEOPLE; PRODUCT FEATURE; USER EXPERIENCE;

USABILITY ENGINEERING;

EID: 36448967918     PISSN: 15715736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-73697-6_17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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