Effect of perceived attractiveness of web interface design on visual search of web sites

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 94, Issue , 2005, Pages 25-27

  Nakarada Kordic, Ivana ^a   Lobb, Brenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

aesthetics; attractiveness; Human Computer Interaction (HCI); search perseverance; web design

Indexed keywords

VISUAL SEARCH; WEB DESIGNS; WEB INTERFACE; WEB INTERFACE DESIGN;

DESIGN; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; VISUAL COMMUNICATION; WEBSITES;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 77953844871     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1073943.1073949     Document Type: Conference Paper

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