Effects of Icon Design and Styles On Human-Mobile Interaction: Case Study on e-Literate vs. Non e-Literate user

Authors

  • Zulfiqar A. Memon National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (FAST-NUCES)
  • Jawaid A. Siddiqi Sukkur Institute of Business Administration University (Sukkur IBA University)
  • Javed A. Shahani Sukkur Institute of Business Administration University (Sukkur IBA University)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30537/sjcms.v1i2.34

Keywords:

Mobile phones, Icon designing, Human-mobile interaction

Abstract

Cell phones have turn out to be the most central communication gadget in our daily life. This results in an enormously intense competition between almost all the mobile phone vendors. Despite of manufacturer’s diverse types of advertising strategies such as exceptional price cut offers or modern attractive functions, what really matter is whether this everyday communication gadget has been designed according to the preference and requirements of all types of users. The miniature type screen interface design is one of the recent research themes of the Human-Computer Interaction domain. Because of the restricted screen size, “icons” have been considered as the prevailing style in the functional course of action of a cell phone. This article investigates the effects of icon designs and styles employed by different vendors on the perception of both the e-literate users and non e-literate users. We have explored various articles from the literature, summarizing their results of experimental validations and a comparative analysis is described at the end. It was found that designers of mobile phone icons have to balance a trade-off between the need, requirements and understanding of both e-literate and non e-literate users.

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Author Biographies

Zulfiqar A. Memon, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (FAST-NUCES)

 

 

Jawaid A. Siddiqi, Sukkur Institute of Business Administration University (Sukkur IBA University)

 

 

Javed A. Shahani, Sukkur Institute of Business Administration University (Sukkur IBA University)

 

 

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Published

2017-12-31

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Research Articles