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What is Web Interface Sign

Chapter 12
Handbook of Research on Human-Computer Interfaces, Developments, and Applications
Web user interface encompass a number of navigational links, command buttons, images, symbols, logos, etc. These have a referential or intended meaning that refers to another object. Therefore, these user interface elements are defined as interface signs. For instance, the interface sign ‘Admission’ in a university website stands for providing admission related information for prospective students.
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Using a Design Science Research Approach to Develop a HCI Artifact for Designing Web Interfaces: A Case Study
Muhammad Nazrul Islam (Military Institute of Science and Technology, Bangladesh) and Franck Tétard (Uppsala University, Sweden)
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 17
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0435-1.ch012
Abstract
Interface signs are the communication cues of web interfaces, through which users interact. Examples of interface signs are small images, navigational links, buttons and thumbnails. Although intuitive interface signs are crucial elements of a good user interface (UI), prior research ignored these in UI design and usability evaluation process. This chapter outlines how a design science research (DSR) approach is used to develop a Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) artifact (semiotic framework) for design and evaluation of user-intuitive web interface signs. This chapter describes how the principles and guidelines of DSR approach are adopted, while performing the activities of the DSR process model to construct the artifact.
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