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The Effects of Simplicity and Interactivity in Blog Services

  • Lee, Dong-Won;Moon, Jung-Hoon;Kim, Yong-Jin
    • 한국경영정보학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.06a
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    • pp.488-493
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    • 2007
  • The main goal of this study is to propose a model of simplicity and interactivity effect on usability in the blog services. As web-based applications become increasingly complicated, the need for simplicity in user interface design has grown for better usability. Also, interactivity has been known to influence on usability. Previous studies argued that usability is a key factor for system success. Usability is concerned with attributes of an application that makes it understandable, learnable, easy to use, and attractive. For the complicated technology, perceived control, related to direct manipulation of an object, is important. In this regard, we posit that simplicity, interactivity, and perceived control makes important antecedents to usability. Finally, we tested that the effect of usability on user s loyalty with the blog services along with trust and satisfaction. Future studies will empirically examine the proposed model, emphasizing the importance of simplicity and interactivity for the user interface design.

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Usability Test Guidelines for Speech-Oriented Multimodal User Interface (음성기반 멀티모달 사용자 인터페이스의 사용성 평가 방법론)

  • Hong, Ki-Hyung
    • MALSORI
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    • no.67
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    • pp.103-120
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    • 2008
  • Basic components for multimodal interface, such as speech recognition, speech synthesis, gesture recognition, and multimodal fusion, have their own technological limitations. For example, the accuracy of speech recognition decreases for large vocabulary and in noisy environments. In spite of those technological limitations, there are lots of applications in which speech-oriented multimodal user interfaces are very helpful to users. However, in order to expand application areas for speech-oriented multimodal interfaces, we have to develop the interfaces focused on usability. In this paper, we introduce usability and user-centered design methodology in general. There has been much work for evaluating spoken dialogue systems. We give a summary for PARADISE (PARAdigm for Dialogue System Evaluation) and PROMISE (PROcedure for Multimodal Interactive System Evaluation) that are the generalized evaluation frameworks for voice and multimodal user interfaces. Then, we present usability components for speech-oriented multimodal user interfaces and usability testing guidelines that can be used in a user-centered multimodal interface design process.

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Design of Optimized Ultrasound Clinical Work-Flow; Usability Perspective

  • Bag, ByungEun;Yoo, SunKook;Jang, WonSeuk
    • Journal of International Society for Simulation Surgery
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.40-42
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    • 2015
  • Purpose Usability is an important factor in our life. This paper presents an approach to design the clinical work-flow for ultrasound system. And, we tried to apply this work-flow in diagnosis ultrasound system. Materials and Methods For user learnability, we follow international standard IEC 60601-1-1 and IEC 62366 which describes usability of medical instrument. User requirement are applied by 10 clinicians who are well aware of usability. We considered user environment and designed clinical work-flow into two types: general use and emergency use. The designed clinical work-flow was evaluated by 10 clinicians and results derived from the evaluation were analyzed. Results We could successfully design optimized clinical workflow of ultrasound system. Conclusion This paper suggests usability testing for optimized ultrasound clinical workflow. Using this clinical work flow, users can enhance their clinical performance and reduce operation time.

The Development of User Interface Design Principles for Improving the Usability of University Course Management System (대학 강의지원시스템 이용성 향상을 위한 이용자 인터페이스 설계 원칙 개발)

  • Chae, Hyun-Soo;Lee, Jee-Yeon
    • Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.123-144
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    • 2012
  • The study goal is to develop the user interface design principles to improve the usability of university course management systems. To achieve the goal, a usability study was conducted using a survey questionnaire and usability test. Eleven user interface design principles for university course management system were developed based on the usability study. This study has significance in that student opinions were incorporated directly into the user interface design principles of university course management system.

Definition and Case Study of Effectiveness Metrics for e-Navigation Usability Testing (e-Navigation 사용성 평가를 위한 유효성 메트릭 정의 및 사례)

  • Jung, Jieun;Lee, Seojeong
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.20 no.8
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    • pp.1338-1346
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    • 2017
  • To achieve software quality and human-centred design for electronic ship navigation called e-navigation, an international guideline of software quality assurance and human-centred design was approved in 2015. Usability is a common goal of both software quality assurance and human-centred design as developing e-navigation system and software developments. Therefore, research is needed to evaluate the usability of e-navigation systems and software such as metrics that can use usability testing. This paper derives effectiveness metrics for e-Navigation usability testing based on international standards. The research method is to analyses and compares the effectiveness measurement and metrics in ISO 9241-11 for human-centered design and ISO/IEC 25022 and 25023 for software quality to find out measurements and metrics being defined commonly. The derived metrics are applied to Electronic Chart Display and Information System as a case study based on performance standard.

A Statistical Approach to Screening Product Design Variables for Modeling Product Usability (사용편의성에 영향을 미치는 제품 설계 변수의 통계적 선별 방법)

  • Kim, Jong-Seo;Han, Seong-Ho
    • Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.23-37
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    • 2000
  • Usability is one of the most important factors that affect customers' decision to purchase a product. Several studies have been conducted to model the relationship between the product design variables and the product usability. Since there could be hundreds of design variables to be considered in the model, a variable screening method is required. Traditional variable screening methods are based on expert opinions (Expert screening) in most Kansei engineering studies. Suggested in this study are statistical methods for screening important design variables by using the principal component regression(PCR), cluster analysis, and partial least squares(PLS) method. Product variables with high effect (PCR screening and PLS screening) or representative variables (Cluster screening) can be used to model the usability. Proposed variable screening methods are used to model the usability for 36 audio/visual products. The three analysis methods (PCR, Cluster, and PLS) show better model performance than the Expert screening in terms of $R^2$, the number of variables in the model, and PRESS. It is expected that these methods can be used for screening the product design variables efficiently.

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Factor Analytic Classification of Design Attributes of Shopping-Mall Sites under the View of Usability (인터넷 쇼핑몰 사이트 설계 속성들의 사용성 관점에서의 요인분석적 분류)

  • 고석하;김주성;경원현
    • Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.29-50
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    • 2003
  • This research provide the basic information to enhance the user-orientedness of usability design guidelines for software products and an effective empirical guidance to classify design attributes of internet shopping mall sites. The results of analysis show that design attributes can be classified into the procedural attribute group, the shopping tool attribute group, the visual attribute group, linguistic attribute group, and others. The results show that shopping tool attribute group can be divided further into the search tool attribute group and purchase tool attribute group and that the visual attribute group can be divided further into the screen condition attribute group and the character legibility attribute group. The research reveals that when designers design software interfaces and features they should take the compound effect of a group of design attributes into consideration to enhance the usability of the system.

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Ergonomic Improvement of Operation Console for Pilot Aptitude Research Equipment (조종적성 검사/연구 장비 운용 Console의 인간공학적 개선)

  • Kim, Sungho
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.41 no.4
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    • pp.42-49
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    • 2018
  • Pilot Aptitude Research Equipment (PARE) is a simulator developed to measure or research pilot aptitude and train for student pilots. Design of an ergonomic PARE operation console is required to operate the equipment effectively. This study carried out five steps : (S1) operator questionnaire survey, (S2) anthropometric design formula development, (S3) usability evaluation, (S4) improvement design, and (S5) validation considering both Physical User Interface (PUI) and Graphic User Interface (GUI) of PARE operation console. The operator questionnaire surveyed needs for each PUI and GUI part of the console from two PARE actual operators. In terms of PUI, the anthropometric design formula was developed by using design variables, body dimensions, target population characteristics, and reference posture related to the PARE console. In terms of GUI, the usability evaluation was conducted by three usability testing experts with a 7-point scale (1 : very low, 4 : neutral, 7 : very high) on GUI of the PARE operation console by seven usability criteria. The improved PARE operation console was designed to reflect the optimal values of design variables calculated from design formula, the results from usability testing, and the operator's needs. The improvement effect was observed by 20 people who had experience with the PARE operation console. As a result of the validation, monitor visibility and cockpit visibility for the improved PUI design and visibility and efficiency for the improved GUI design were significantly increased by more than 90% respectively. The improved design of the PARE operation console in this study can contribute to enhance operation performance of the PARE.