Author： Schenkman Bo N.
Publisher： Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISSN： 1362-3001
Source： Behaviour and Information Technology, Vol.19, Iss.5, 2000-09, pp. : 367-377
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Abstract
The first impressions of web pages presented to users was investigated by using 13 different web pages, three types of scales and 18 participants. Multidimensional analysis of similarity and preference judgements found four important dimensions: beauty, mostly illustrations versus mostly text, overview and structure. Category scales indicated the existence of two factors related to formal aspects and to appeal of the objects, respectively. The best predictor for the overall judgement of the category scales was beauty. Property vector fitting of the multidimensional solutions with the category scales further indicated the importance of beauty for the preference space. Aspects of usability, product design and aesthetics are discussed.
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