Using icons to find documents: simplicity is critical
INTERCHI '93 Proceedings of the INTERCHI '93 conference on Human factors in computing systems
Usability engineering turns 10
interactions
Assessing dimensions of perceived visual aesthetics of web sites
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies - Incorporating knowledge acquisition
Towards a theory of user judgment of aesthetics and user interface quality
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI)
The interplay of beauty, goodness, and usability in interactive products
Human-Computer Interaction
Colour appeal in website design within and across cultures: A multi-method evaluation
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
An integrated model of interaction experience for information retrieval in a Web-based encyclopaedia
Interacting with Computers
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Correlations between subjective ratings of interface usability and appeal have been frequently reported. This study examined the possibility that the relationship between usability and appeal are underpinned by implicit perceptions of ease of processing which act as a heuristic in making judgments of appeal. Ease of processing was manipulated by varying the amount of experience participants gained with icons in a search task prior to judging appeal, as well as varying the familiarity and visual complexity of the icons presented. These manipulations systematically affected response times in the search task (an objective measure of usability). The effects observed in appeal judgments followed thesame pattern as for search times, demonstrating that ease of processing predicts judgments of appeal. This suggests that our understanding of interface appeal needs to be predicated on an appreciation of the factors affecting the ease with which information on an interface is processed.