A usability study on personalized EPG (pEPG) UI of digital TV

  • Authors:
  • Myo Ha Kim;Sang Min Ko;Jae Seung Mun;Yong Gu Ji;Moon Ryul Jung

  • Affiliations:
  • Cognitive Science Program, The Graduate School, Yonsei University;Department of Information and Industrial Engineering, Yonsei University;Department of Information and Industrial Engineering, Yonsei University;Department of Information and Industrial Engineering, Yonsei University;Department of Media Technology, Sogang University

  • Venue:
  • HCI'07 Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Human-computer interaction: intelligent multimodal interaction environments
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

As the use of digital television (D-TV) has spread across the globe, usability problems on D-TV have become an important issue. However, so far, very little has been done in the usability studies on D-TV. The aim of this study is developing evaluation methods for the user interface (UI) of a personalized electronic program guide (pEPG) of D-TV, and evaluating the UI of a working prototype of pEPG using this method. To do this, first, the structure of the UI system and navigation for a working prototype of pEPG was designed considering the expanded channel. Secondly, the evaluation principles as the usability method for a working prototype of pEPG were developed. Third, lab-based usability testing for a working prototype of pEPG was conducted with these evaluation principles. The usability problems founded by usability testing were reflected to improve the UI of a working prototype of pEPG.