This paper outlines some of the most important of Nigel Bevan's many contributions to the
evolution of the changing concept of usability and in particular to Nigel's input into, and …

Today, social networks are crucial commodities that allow people to share different contents
and opinions. In addition to participation, the information shared within social networks …

Perceptions and experiences of machine translation (MT) users before, during, and after
their interaction with MT systems, products or services has been overlooked both in …

Affective design is the inclusion or representation of human emotions and subjective
impressions in product design processes. In affective design, a number of different scales …

The study proposes a Kansei Engineering methodology for the evaluation of customer
impressions formed by the product information presenting a food supplement on e …

The perceived quality is subjective and based on a number of factors, including the user's
own experience. In turn, higher education has become a service industry with divergences …

RESUMO O ser humano é um ser racional, mas também emocional. Seu inconsciente,
englobando características como as emoções, as crenças e as percepções, interfere na …

French industrial designer Pierre Lévy has proposed a way to understand the philosophy
behind kansei engineering. His account is perhaps the most detailed explanation of kansei …

I hereby certify that this material, which I now submit for assessment on the programme of
study leading to the award of Doctor of Philosophy is entirely my own work, and that I have …

As the online shopping market proliferates, designers are pushed to start designing for pre-
use user experience, focusing on how the user experiences the product during online …