Research Article
The Interplay between Usability and Aesthetics: More Evidence for the “What Is Usable Is Beautiful” Notion
Table 1
Effects of manipulated beauty and manipulated usability on HQI items.
| HQI items | Manipulated aesthetics | Manipulated usability | Usability aesthetics | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | Takes me distant from people-brings me closer to people | 0.949 | .333 | .011 | 1.110 | .295 | .013 | 0.198 | .657 | .002 | gaudy-classy | 38.397 | <.001 | .314 | 2.105 | .151 | .024 | <0.001 | .992 | <.001 | Cheap-valuable | 16.316 | <.001 | .163 | 2.146 | .147 | .025 | 0.241 | .625 | .003 | Noninclusive-inclusive | 4.420 | .039 | .050 | 8.452 | .005 | .091 | 0.632 | .429 | .007 | Isolating-integrating | 3.836 | .055 | .044 | 3.127 | .081 | .036 | 0.109 | .742 | .001 | Amateurish-professional | 0.641 | .426 | .008 | 0.927 | .338 | .011 | 1.939 | .167 | .023 | Unpresentable-presentable | 27.081 | <.001 | .244 | 2.985 | .088 | .034 | 0.024 | .878 | <.001 |
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Inverted items were reversed so that higher values always indicate a higher HQI value.
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