Funology : from usability to enjoyment / edited by Mark A. Blythe ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blythe, Mark A.

Series:

Kluwer international series on HCI ; v. 3.

Human-computer interaction series ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human-computer interaction.

Physical Description:

xix, 293 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2003]

Summary:

This book reflects the move in Human Computer Interaction studies from standard usability concerns towards a wider set of problems to do with fun, enjoyment, aesthetics and the experience of use.

Traditionally HCI has been concerned with work and task based applications but as digital technologies proliferate in the home fun becomes an important issue. There is an established body of knowledge and a range of techniques and methods for making products and interfaces usable, but far less is known about how to make them enjoyable.

Perhaps in the future there will be a body of knowledge and a set of techniques for assessing the pleasure of interaction that will be as thorough as those that currently assess usability. This book is a first step towards that. It brings together a range of researchers from academia and industry to provide answers. Contributors include Alan Dix, Jacob Nielsen and Mary Beth Rosson as well as a number of other researchers from academia and industry.

Contents:

Section 1 Theories and Concepts

Chapter 1 Let's Make Things Engaging / Kees Overbeeke, Tom Djajadiningrat, Caroline Hummels, Stephan Wensveen, Joep Frens 7

Chapter 2 The Engineering of Experience / Phoebe Sengers 19

Chapter 3 The Thing and I: Understanding the Relationship Between User and Product / Marc Hassenzahl 31

Chapter 4 Making Sense of Experience / Peter Wright, John Mccarthy, Lisa Meekison 43

Chapter 5 Enjoyment: Lessons from Karasek / Petter Bae Brandtzoeg, Asbjorn Folstad, Jan Heim 55

Chapter 6 Fun on the Phone: The Situated Experience of Recreational Telephone Conferences / Darren Reed 67

Chapter 7 The Enchantments of Technology / John McCarthy, Peter Wright 81

Chapter 8 The Semantics of Fun: Differentiating Enjoyable Experiences / Mark Blythe, Marc Hassenzahl 91

Section 2 Methods and Techniques

User Empowerment and the Fun Factor: An interview with Jakob Nielsen 103

Chapter 9 Measuring Emotion: Development and Application of an Instrument to Measure Emotional Responses to Products / Pieter Desmet 111

Chapter 10 That's Entertainment! / John Karat, Clare-Marie Karat 125

Chapter 11 Designing for Fun: User-Testing Case Studies / Randy Pagulayan, Keith Steury, Bill Fulton, Ramon Romero 137

Chapter 12 Playing Games in the Emotional Space / Kristina Andersen, Margot Jacobs, Laura Polazzi 151

Chapter 13 Deconstructing Experience: Pulling Crackers Apart / Alan Dix 165

Chapter 14 Designing Engaging Experiences with Children and Artists / Richard Hull, Jo Reid 179

Chapter 15 Building Narrative Experiences for Children Through Real Time Media Manipulation: POGO World / Antonio Rizzo, Patrizia Marti, Francoise Decortis, Job Rutgers, Paul Thursfield 189

Section 3 Case Studies in Design

Chapter 16 The Joy of Telephony: Designing Appealing Interactions / Hubertus Hohl, Klaus Wissmann, Manfred Burger 205

Chapter 17 From Usable to Enjoyable Information Displays / Sara Ljungblad, Tobias Skog, Lars Erik Holmquist 213

Chapter 18 Fun for All: Promoting Engagement and Participation in Community Programming Projects / Mary Beth Rosson, John Carroll 223

Chapter 19 Storytelling & Conversation to Improve the Fun Factor in Software Applications / Norbert Braun 233

Chapter 20 Deconstructing Ghosts / Jonathan Sykes, Richard Wiseman 243

Chapter 21 Interfacing the Narrative Experience / Jennica Falk 249

Chapter 22 Whose Line is it Anyway? Enabling Creative Appropriation of Television / Erik Blankinship, Pilapa Esara 257

Chapter 23 The Interactive Installation ISH: in Search of Resonant Human Product Interaction / Caroline Hummels, Kees Overbeeke, Aadjan Van Der Helm 265

Chapter 24 Fun with Your Alarm Clock: Designing for Engaging Experiences through Emotionally Rich Interaction / Stephan Wensveen, Kees Overbeeke 275.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-293).

ISBN:

1402012527

OCLC:

52040778