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Improving Performance, Perceived Usability, and Aesthetics with Culturally Adaptive User Interfaces. Doğu SIRT Sprıng 2014. Authors and University. Katharina REINECKE Abraham BERNSTEIN University of Zurich Published June 2011. Usability and Aesthetics. Effectiveness Efficiency
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Improving Performance, Perceived Usability, and Aestheticswith Culturally Adaptive User Interfaces Doğu SIRT Sprıng 2014
AuthorsandUniversity • KatharinaREINECKE • Abraham BERNSTEIN • Universityof Zurich • PublishedJune 2011
UsabilityandAesthetics • Effectiveness • Efficiency • Satisfaction
The Problem • Interfacedesign(aesthetics) affectsusabilitiy • A singleinterfacedesignforeveryone in theworld (not feasible) • Manyculturesandlanguages • Culturesdon’thave a definition
Hofstede’sFiveCulturalDimensions • PowerDistance (PDI) • Individualism (IDV) • Masculinity (MAS) • UncertaintyAvoidance (UAI) • LongTermOrientation (LTO)
CulturalAdaptivity • What is it? • Previouswork in 2006 byKamentz • Previouswork in 2005 and 2007 byHeimgartner
ResearchApproach • MOCCA (to-do listmanager) • Hypothesis 1 (CulturalAdaptivityandPerformance) • Hypothesis 2 (CulturalAdaptivityandAestheticPerception)
Method • 41 participants (25 female) withdiverseculturalbackgrounds) • Living in Switzerland at the time • Verbalandwrittenexplanationsaboutprocedurewithquestionnaire • Test Procedure a. Createnewcategory b. Createto-do andassigntocategory c. Searchfor an existingto-do anditsduedate
Results • TaskCompletion Times (Adaptiveversionfaster) • Clicksneededtocompletetasks • Errors • UsabilityandAesthetics • Overall
Conclusions • Adaptedversionwasfastandefficient • Aesthetics • CulturalAdaptivityversusLocalizedWebsites
PossibleFutureWork • Generalization (largerstudy) • Longtermstudy • Evaluation at differentstages of tests • Brandrecognition