The beauty of simplicity

By Kristiina Karvonen. Conference on Universal Usability, 2000

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Subfields: Sociology and Political Science, Human-Computer Interaction

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Design aesthetics leading to m-loyalty in mobile commerce (2006, background): “Some research in this area has shown a relationship between ''aesthetic beauty'' and e-trust [45].”
An overview of online trust: Concepts, elements, and implications (2005, background): “Karvonen (2000) also re-ported that Internet users admitted to making intuitive, and rather emotional, on-the-spot decisions based on their perceptions of an online merchant (cid:1) s web site when shopping online.”
The influence of hedonic and utilitarian motivations on user engagement: The case of online shopping experiences (2010, background): “…of the interface, has been studied in the context of usability, users' skills and needs, sensory components of the interface and application format (Karvonen, 2000; Laurel, 1993; Lavie and Tractinsky, 2004; Overbeeke et al., 2003), as well as an influence on engagement (Chapman et al., 1997).”
Colour appeal in website design within and across cultures: A multi-method evaluation (2010, background): “This is a new finding for the literature and extends work by Karvonen (2000) on website aesthetics and trust, Latomia and Happ (1987) related to the ineffective use of colour impeding consumer satisfaction, and Kim and Moon (1998) with respect to colour and trust.”
Increasing trust in mobile commerce through design aesthetics (2010, background): “Despite the importance of link between interface and website design that have been extensively researched, the importance of aesthetics dimension in mobile services domain has been constantly neglected partly because cultural differences make the interpretation of aesthetics difficult (Karvonen, 200”
The effects of website design on purchase intention in online shopping: the mediating role of trust and the moderating role of culture (2010, background): “Karvonen (2000) had shown that 'aesthetic beauty' of a website positively affects trust.”
Modeling Web Site Design Across Cultures: Relationships to Trust, Satisfaction, and E-Loyalty (2008, result): “In some research a relationship between the “aesthetic beauty” of a website and trust was established [33], while in other studies visual design of the website did not significantly impact trust [55].”
Evaluating the consistency of immediate aesthetic perceptions of web pages (2006, background): “, 2000) and by the appearance of web pages in particular (Karvonen, 2000; Schenkman and Jonsson, 2000; Zhang and von Dran, 2000; Zhang et al., 2001; van der Heijden, 2003; Kim et al., 2003).”