Effectiveness of mapping human-oriented information to feedback from a software interface

Author

Murano, Pietro

Author_Institution

Sch. of Sci., Univ. of Salford, Manchester, UK

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

191

Abstract

This paper describes an experiment which tests anthropomorphic user interface feedback against non-anthropomorphic user interface feedback. The experiment has considered the effectiveness and user approval of the anthropomorphic and non-anthropomorphic user interface feedback. The experiment is worthwhile, as the Computer Science community is not in agreement concerning effectiveness and user approval of anthropomorphic user interface feedback. The specific area or setting for the experiment has been English as a Foreign Language (EFL). The results from the experiment are very promising being statistically significant. They show that the anthropomorphic user interface feedback was more effective and preferred by users.

Keywords

human factors; linguistics; user interfaces; English as a Foreign Language; anthropomorphic user interface feedback; experiment; human factors; human-oriented information; nonanthropomorphic user interface feedback; user approval; Anthropomorphism; Computer science; Concrete; Feedback; Human computer interaction; Natural languages; Prototypes; Software prototyping; Testing; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Technology Interfaces, 2002. ITI 2002. Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on

ISSN

1330-1012

Print_ISBN

953-96769-5-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITI.2002.1024673

Filename

1024673