CHI '95 Conference Companion on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI)
Assessing dimensions of perceived visual aesthetics of web sites
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Current practice in measuring usability: Challenges to usability studies and research
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Interaction, usability and aesthetics: what influences users' preferences?
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Economic and subjective measures of the perceived value of aesthetics and usability
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Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Studying antecedents of emotional experiences in interactive contexts
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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Information Processing and Management: an International Journal
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ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI)
The role of context in perceptions of the aesthetics of web pages over time
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The interplay of beauty, goodness, and usability in interactive products
Human-Computer Interaction
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Computers in Human Behavior
Understanding user preferences based on usability and aesthetics before and after actual use
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Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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Using eye-tracking to test and improve website design
DUXU'13 Proceedings of the Second international conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability: design philosophy, methods, and tools - Volume Part I
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This paper analyzes the relation between usability and aesthetics. In a laboratory study, 80 participants used one of four different versions of the same online shop, differing in interface-aesthetics (low vs. high) and interface-usability (low vs. high). Participants had to find specific items and rate the shop before and after usage on perceived aesthetics and perceived usability, which were assessed using four validated instruments. Results show that aesthetics does not affect perceived usability. In contrast, usability has an effect on post-use perceived aesthetics. Our findings show that the ''what is beautiful is usable'' notion, which assumes that aesthetics enhances the perception of usability can be reversed under certain conditions (here: strong usability manipulation combined with a medium to large aesthetics manipulation). Furthermore, our results indicate that the user's affective experience with the usability of the shop might serve as a mediator variable within the aesthetics-usability relation: The frustration of poor usability lowers ratings on perceived aesthetics. The significance of the results is discussed in context of the existing research on the relation between aesthetics and usability.