The influence of prototype fidelity and aesthetics of design in usability tests: Effects on user behaviour, subjective evaluation and emotion

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 670-677

  Sauer, Juergen ^a   Sonderegger, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Mobile phone; Prototype fidelity; Usability test

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; MOBILE PHONES; TELEPHONE SETS;

AESTHETIC QUALITIES; AESTHETICS; FULLY OPERATIONAL; MOBILE PHONE USAGES; PROTOTYPE FIDELITY; SUBJECTIVE EVALUATIONS; TASK COMPLETION TIME; USABILITY TESTS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER; COMPUTER MODEL; CONSUMER; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; EMOTION; ESTHETICS; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PACKAGING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SAFETY; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 64049087664     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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