Towards an understanding of visual appeal in website design

2013 5th International Workshop on Quality of Multimedia Experience, QoMEX 2013 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 70-75

  Varela, Martin ^a   Maki, Toni ^a   Skorin Kapov, Lea ^b   Hossfeld, Tobias ^c  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN BEST PRACTICES; NON-TRIVIAL; QUALITY PERCEPTIONS; SUBJECTIVE RATING; VISUAL APPEALS; VISUAL DESIGN; WEB QUALITY; WEB SITE DESIGN;

MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; WEBSITES;

QUALITY OF SERVICE;

EID: 84885417968     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/QoMEX.2013.6603213     Document Type: Conference Paper

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