Culture-adapted user interface design method for mobile phone: Correlation between user knowledge and icon

Author

Yumiao, Chen ; Jiang, Xu ; Zhongliang, Yang

Author_Institution

Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China

Volume

1

fYear

2010

fDate

17-19 Nov. 2010

Firstpage

177

Lastpage

180

Abstract

This study is to explore the design process regarding how interface designers in China deal with the user interface design styles pertinent to the mobile phone, and investigates correlation between user knowledge and icon of mobile phone. An experiment was conducted to examine the usability and user´s satisfaction of the designed mobile phone UI. Sixteen Chinese participants in China participated in this study. User knowledge eliciting and interface usability testing were conducted to study correlation between user knowledge and icon. Results indicate that culture-adapted user interface design method for mobile phone can help designers to develop appropriate user interface for Chinese users.

Keywords

cultural aspects; human computer interaction; knowledge acquisition; mobile computing; mobile radio; culture-adapted user interface design method; design process; interface usability testing; mobile phone; user knowledge; user knowledge eliciting; Games; ISO standards; Prototypes; Testing; icon; mobile phone; user interface design; user knowledge;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer-Aided Industrial Design & Conceptual Design (CAIDCD), 2010 IEEE 11th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Yiwu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7973-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CAIDCD.2010.5681380

Filename

5681380