March 2023
Intermediate to advanced
224 pages
5h 9m
English
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Attractive products are more usable.
Most of the scientific research on how human beings interact with computers has been done in the field of human-computer interaction (HCI), not by UX designers. These research studies are controlled, grounded in real science, and conducted without any particular bias or agenda.
In 1995 Japanese HCI research scientists Masaaki Kurosu and Kaori Kashimura tried to understand the correlation between usability and aesthetics in computer interactions. They asked 252 participants to judge twenty-six different ATM interfaces based on ease of use and how aesthetically pleasing the interface was perceived to be.
The results of the study indicated that people don’t judge usability based on how usable the interface ...