TY - GEN
T1 - Effects of see-through interfaces on user acceptance of small-screen information systems
AU - Acton, Thomas
AU - Golden, William
AU - Van Der Heijden, Hans
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Small-screen devices such as mobile phones are increasingly pervasive. Reduced screen areas compromise the ease-of-use of such devices, and consequently, a concern for system designers becomes the maximization of available screen space. On large-screen displays, menus can overlap and obscure others, and be displayed simultaneously to the user. This is generally not the case with small screens: where a user selects from an on-screen menu, that menu must vacate' the screen before another appears. Menu translucency, where a user can see through an on-screen menu to displayed elements beneath, is a possible solution to small-screen display maximization. Based on experimental evidence with 70 participants, and using an extended Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) this research examines the effect of on-screen translucent menus on perceptions of ease-ofuse, usefulness, and enjoyment for a third generation mobile phone prototype user interface. We offer explanations for our findings and discuss implications for practitioners and researchers.
AB - Small-screen devices such as mobile phones are increasingly pervasive. Reduced screen areas compromise the ease-of-use of such devices, and consequently, a concern for system designers becomes the maximization of available screen space. On large-screen displays, menus can overlap and obscure others, and be displayed simultaneously to the user. This is generally not the case with small screens: where a user selects from an on-screen menu, that menu must vacate' the screen before another appears. Menu translucency, where a user can see through an on-screen menu to displayed elements beneath, is a possible solution to small-screen display maximization. Based on experimental evidence with 70 participants, and using an extended Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) this research examines the effect of on-screen translucent menus on perceptions of ease-ofuse, usefulness, and enjoyment for a third generation mobile phone prototype user interface. We offer explanations for our findings and discuss implications for practitioners and researchers.
KW - Ease of use
KW - Mobile phone
KW - Small-screen displays
KW - Translucent interface
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84870998570
M3 - Conference Publication
AN - SCOPUS:84870998570
SN - 3937195092
SN - 9783937195094
T3 - Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Information Systems, Information Systems in a Rapidly Changing Economy, ECIS 2005
BT - Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Information Systems, Information Systems in a Rapidly Changing Economy, ECIS 2005
T2 - 13th European Conference on Information Systems, Information Systems in a Rapidly Changing Economy, ECIS 2005
Y2 - 26 May 2005 through 28 May 2005
ER -