기상 애플리케이션 사용성 향상을 위한 감성 경험 기반 UI 디자인 연구

초록

As smartphones evolve, people process a majority of the daily required information through smartphones. As online markets become more active, the online applications (apps) present emotional elements that arouse user interest as well as the element of efficiency. The aim of this research is to analyze weather applications according to elements of user interface based on emotional experience as a way to improve the usability of weather applications, and to present directions that can improve the service satisfaction of emotional applications in term of design. Firstly, the study analyzes the concepts and theories of emotional experience, UI design and emotional experience-based UI. The emotional experience-based UI elements includes sensory, structural and conceptual elements. In detail, the sensory elements include color, graphics and multiple senses. Structural elements include interaction and storytelling. And conceptual elements include interests and feedback. Based on the derived elements, the study selects and analyzes five cases that are deemed as suitable examples of emotional experience from the top 100 best-selling weather apps on App Store and Google Play’s weather apps. All cases have the ‘color’ and ‘graphic’ sensory elements in common. The ‘multiple senses’ element was shown in only one app. The structural elements were applied not as often as sensory and conceptual elements. The ‘interests’ and ‘feedback’ conceptual elements were shown in three cases. The study confirms that the emotional experience-based UI elements are based mostly on visual elements. The study also suggests the need for further study on weather apps in other technical fields to effectively offer weather information with increased user interest and emotional experience.

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