Modelling user experience with web sites: Usability, hedonic value, beauty and goodness

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 419-432

  van Schaik, Paul ^a   Ling, Jonathan ^b  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Hedonic quality; Modelling; Usability; User experience; Web site

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

AESTHETICS; HEDONIC QUALITY; USABILITY; USER EXPERIENCE;

WEBSITES;

EID: 42749094630     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intcom.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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