A Quality Model-based Approach for Measuring User Interface Aesthetics with Grace

A quality model that makes UI aesthetic measurement explicit through metrics, formulas, weights, and aggregation.

Zen et al. (2023)Journaldoi:10.1145/3593224

Citation

Zen, M., Burny, N., & Vanderdonckt, J. (2023). A Quality Model-based Approach for Measuring User Interface Aesthetics with Grace. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 7(EICS), 1–47.

Method

Developed the GRACE model and tool, then applied it to the Lab in the Wild dataset.

Claims used

Many aesthetic metrics can be calculated (balance, symmetry, proportion, harmony, order, simplicity), but there is no consensus on the metrics, formulas, or interpretation.

Extracted principles

Visual complexity predicts first impressionsNot tested
Visual complexity and colorfulness can be estimated from a screenshot and used to predict first aesthetic impressions.

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