User's web page aesthetics opinion: a matter of low-level image descriptors based on MPEG-7

Analyzing a user's first impression of a Web site is essential for interface designers, as it is tightly related to their overall opinion of a site. In fact, this early evaluation affects user navigation behavior. Perceived usability and user interest (e.g., revisiting and recommending the site) are parameters influenced by first opinions. Thus, predicting the latter when creating a Web site is vital to ensure users’ acceptance. In this regard, Web aesthetics is one of the most influential factors in this early perception. We propose the use of low-level image parameters for modeling Web aesthetics in an objective manner, which is an innovative research field. Our model, obtained by applying a stepwise multiple regression algorithm, infers a user's first impression by analyzing three different visual characteristics of Web site screenshots—texture, luminance, and color—which are directly derived from MPEG-7 descriptors. The results obtained over three wide Web site datasets (composed by 415, 42, and 6 Web sites, respectively) reveal a high correlation between low-level parameters and the users’ evaluation, thus allowing a more precise and objective prediction of users’ opinion than previous models that are based on other image characteristics with fewer predictors. Therefore, our model is meant to support a rapid assessment of Web sites in early stages of the design process to maximize the likelihood of the users’ final approval

Comparison of User Experience between Goal-directed and Experiential Users on Customer Satisfaction in Tourism Marketplace

This research aimed to examine the effect of user experience on Pigijo’s website www.pigijo.com on Pigijo customer satisfaction by using an experimental study and comparing between two different groups of user behavior, namely goal-directed and experiential. The experiment was conducted using an accidental purposive sampling technique on 60 respondents divided into two groups based on user behavior. The data collection of this experiment used a questionnaire that had been tested for validity and reliability, then carried out various tests and analyses such as descriptive analysis, t-test, and regression tests. As a result of the research. It was found that the user experience on the www.pigijo.com website has a positive relationship and influence on Pigijo customer satisfaction, where the goal-directed group has a higher average rating (69.40%) and affects customer satisfaction more positively compared to the experiential group (65.50%)