Introduction to this special section on beauty, goodness, and usability
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(2004). Introduction to This Special Section on Beauty, Goodness, and Usability. Human–Computer Interaction: Vol. 19, Beauty, Goodness, and Usability/Change Blindness, pp. 311-318.
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Anticipated competence to use a technology can be influenced by aesthetics, marketing, a user's prior experience, and their general attitude toward technology adoption.
“This can be influenced by aesthetics (see “aesthetics-usability effect” Norman, 2004), marketing, a user's prior experience, and their general attitude toward technology adoption.”
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In the Nielsen Norman Group section (page unavailable), Norman reports that aesthetically pleasing players were judged better, even when they were equally easy to use. That supports a possible influence of aesthetics on evaluation, but the passage distinguishes overall goodness from perceived usability and does not establish an effect on anticipated competence to use the technology. The citation is attached to aesthetics, not to the sentence’s other proposed influences. (LLM, conf=0.82)
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- Authors
- Norman, D.
- Affiliations
- Northwestern University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Norman, Donald
- ORCID
- Norman, Donald
- Venue
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2004-12-01
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 311-318
- ISSN
- 0737-0024 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2012342060
- Cited by
- 158
- References
- 13
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- FWCI
- 7.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Human-Computer Interaction (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Usability and User Interface Design
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Aesthetic Perception and Analysis
- Keywords
- beauty, goodness, usability, change blindness, aesthetic judgment, user experience
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