The Influence of Menu Structure and Layout on Usability of Smartwatches

IF 0.2 Q4 COMPUTER SCIENCE, CYBERNETICS International Journal of Mobile Human Computer Interaction Pub Date : 2018-01-01 DOI:10.4018/IJMHCI.2018010101

Fan Mo, Jia Zhou

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Abstract

Thisstudyaimstoinvestigatetheeffectofsmartwatches’menustructureandlayoutonuserperformanceandsatisfaction.Atotalof30youngerandolderadultsparticipatedinthisstudy. Usabilitytestingwasfirstconducted,anditidentifiedthetwomostserioususabilityproblemsof smartwatches:confusinginformationstructureandinterfacecontent.Furthermore,resultsshowed thatmenudisorientationwaspredominant.Therefore,prototypeswithadifferentmenustructureand menulayoutweredevelopedandtestedintwosubsequentexperiments.Themenustructureexperiment indicatedthatthetreestructureofthemenuisbetterthanthelinearstructureintermsofperformanceandsatisfaction,andthetwo-branchhierarchicalmenucontributedtobetterperformancethanthe three-branchhierarchicalmenu.Themenulayoutexperimentindicatedthatmenuswithhighvisual densityhadaslightlybetterperformancebutlowersatisfactionthanlowvisualdensity.Intheend, designguidelinesaboutsmartwatchmenuswereproposed.

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International Journal of Mobile Human Computer Interaction COMPUTER SCIENCE, CYBERNETICS-

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