Web-based Search: How Do Animated User Interface Elements Affect Autistic and Non-autistic Users?

Alexandra Uitdenbogerd, Maria Spichkova, Mona Alzahrani

2022

Abstract

Many websites and other user interfaces include animated elements, particularly for advertisements. However, these can have a negative impact on users, with some cohorts, such as autistic users, being more affected. In our mixed methods study on the effect of irrelevant animations on usability we observed the effect on search activities. For those greatly impacted by on-screen animation the effect was not always to slow down a task, but search terms were entered hastily to avoid more exposure, with shorter queries on average and a greater tendency to copy and paste during query formulation. Autistic users found the task more mentally demanding, and were more distracted or annoyed by the animations.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Uitdenbogerd A., Spichkova M. and Alzahrani M. (2022). Web-based Search: How Do Animated User Interface Elements Affect Autistic and Non-autistic Users?. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE, ISBN 978-989-758-568-5, pages 453-460. DOI: 10.5220/0011074500003176

in Bibtex Style

@conference{enase22,
author={Alexandra Uitdenbogerd and Maria Spichkova and Mona Alzahrani},
title={Web-based Search: How Do Animated User Interface Elements Affect Autistic and Non-autistic Users?},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE,},
year={2022},
pages={453-460},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011074500003176},
isbn={978-989-758-568-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE,
TI - Web-based Search: How Do Animated User Interface Elements Affect Autistic and Non-autistic Users?
SN - 978-989-758-568-5
AU - Uitdenbogerd A.
AU - Spichkova M.
AU - Alzahrani M.
PY - 2022
SP - 453
EP - 460
DO - 10.5220/0011074500003176