ANTHROPOMORPHIC VS NON-ANTHROPOMORPHIC USER INTERFACE FEEDBACK FOR ONLINE HOTEL BOOKINGS

Pietro Murano, Anthony Gee, Patrik O’Brian Holt

2007

Abstract

This paper describes an experiment and its results concerning research that has been going on for a number of years in the area of anthropomorphic user interface feedback. The main aims of the research have been to examine the effectiveness and user satisfaction of anthropomorphic feedback in various domains. The results are of use to all interactive systems designers, particularly when dealing with issues of user interface feedback design. There is currently some disagreement amongst computer scientists concerning the suitability of such types of feedback. This research is working to resolve this disagreement and in turn can help software houses to increase their profits by developing better user interfaces that will promote an increase in sales. The experiment detailed, concerns the specific software domain of Online Factual Delivery in the specific context of online hotel bookings. Anthropomorphic feedback was compared against an equivalent non-anthropomorphic feedback. Statistically significant results were obtained suggesting that the non-anthropomorphic feedback was more effective. The results for user satisfaction were however less clear.

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Murano P., Gee A. and O’Brian Holt P. (2007). ANTHROPOMORPHIC VS NON-ANTHROPOMORPHIC USER INTERFACE FEEDBACK FOR ONLINE HOTEL BOOKINGS . In Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 5: ICEIS, ISBN 978-972-8865-92-4, pages 157-163. DOI: 10.5220/0002375601570163


in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceis07,
author={Pietro Murano and Anthony Gee and Patrik O’Brian Holt},
title={ANTHROPOMORPHIC VS NON-ANTHROPOMORPHIC USER INTERFACE FEEDBACK FOR ONLINE HOTEL BOOKINGS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 5: ICEIS,},
year={2007},
pages={157-163},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002375601570163},
isbn={978-972-8865-92-4},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 5: ICEIS,
TI - ANTHROPOMORPHIC VS NON-ANTHROPOMORPHIC USER INTERFACE FEEDBACK FOR ONLINE HOTEL BOOKINGS
SN - 978-972-8865-92-4
AU - Murano P.
AU - Gee A.
AU - O’Brian Holt P.
PY - 2007
SP - 157
EP - 163
DO - 10.5220/0002375601570163