More than a feeling: Understanding the desirability factor in user experience

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 4703-4715

  Barnum, Carol M ^a   Palmer, Laura A ^a  

^a SOUTHERN POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desirability; Emotion; Methods; Satisfaction; Usability; Usability research; Usability testing; User experience; User research

Indexed keywords

DIRECT OBSERVATION; MICROSOFT; QUESTIONNAIRE DATA; USABILITY RESEARCH; USABILITY TESTING; USER EXPERIENCE; USER RESEARCH;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; RESEARCH;

USABILITY ENGINEERING;

EID: 77953084009     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1753846.1754217     Document Type: Conference Paper

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