Web designers and web users: Influence of the ergonomic quality of the web site on the information search |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dong-Eui University, Busan, Korea;2. Department of Advanced Materials Engineering, Dong-Eui University, Busan, Korea;3. Advanced Forming Technology Center, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, Incheon, Korea;1. Information Systems, Institute of Advanced Management Systems Research (IAMSR), Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland;2. Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | Despite rapid growth in the number of web sites, there is still a significant number of ergonomic problems which hinder web users. Many studies focus on analysing cognitive processes and difficulties experienced by web users, but very few are interested in web designers’ difficulties or in comparing their respective activities. Towards this end, the two experimental studies presented in this article compare the strategies developed both by professional web designers and (novice vs. experienced) web users while searching for information on web sites of varying ergonomic quality. More precisely, we investigated whether web designers can effectively use their own strategies as web users when designing web sites. We presented a comparison of novice web users, experienced web users and professional web designers searching behavior and cognitive load when using ergonomic and non-ergonomic web sites. In addition, we asked web designers to predict the strategy used by novice web users. Based on the results obtained in the two experiments, we conclude that web designers are not able to predict strategies of novice users and do not behave like novice users. Consequently, ways for supporting web designers in developing a user-centered activity are necessary, and certain ways are suggested at the end of this article. |
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