Visual aesthetics has been shown to critically affect a variety of constructs such as perceived
usability, satisfaction, and pleasure. Given the importance of visual aesthetics in human …

Users make lasting judgments about a website's appeal within a split second of seeing it for
the first time. This first impression is influential enough to later affect their opinions of a site's …

This article examined the effects of product aesthetics on several outcome variables in
usability tests. Employing a computer simulation of a mobile phone, 60 adolescents (14–17 …

Every information visualization developer is engaged in a complex process of design–
balancing the three requirements of utility, soundness and attractiveness within given …

Motivated by the need to develop an integrated measure of simplicity perception for a
smartphone user interface, our research incorporated visual aesthetics, information design …

Human–machine interface (HMI) design evaluation is critical in interactive product
development because it directly affects the cost of subsequent design and user experiments …

Visual esthetics is recognized as an essential factor of perceived usability, credibility, and
overall quality of software systems user interfaces. Thus, it is crucial to assess this factor as …

Emotion assessment is a challenging task in the human–computer interaction interface.
Previous studies have examined the relationship between emotion and color, but they fail to …

This article describes two experiments investigating the effects of manipulating two
compositional elements—symmetry and the number of compositional building blocks—on …

Experiments that require the use of human participants are time consuming and costly: it is
important to get the process right the first time. Planning and preparation are key to success …