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An Aspect of Aesthetics in Human-Computer Communications: Pretty Windows
August 1985 (vol. 11 no. 8)
pp. 714-717
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| J. Gait, "An Aspect of Aesthetics in Human-Computer Communications: Pretty Windows," IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 11, no. 8, pp. 714-717, August, 1985. | |||
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| @article{ 10.1109/TSE.1985.232520, author = {J. Gait}, title = {An Aspect of Aesthetics in Human-Computer Communications: Pretty Windows}, journal ={IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering}, volume = {11}, number = {8}, issn = {0098-5589}, year = {1985}, pages = {714-717}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TSE.1985.232520}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, } | |||
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| TY - JOUR JO - IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering TI - An Aspect of Aesthetics in Human-Computer Communications: Pretty Windows IS - 8 SN - 0098-5589 SP714 EP717 EPD - 714-717 A1 - J. Gait, PY - 1985 KW - viewscreen windows KW - Aesthetics KW - human factors KW - man-machine communications KW - psychological preferences VL - 11 JA - IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering ER - | |||
Aesthetics in user interfaces addresses font definitions, typesetting conventions, color combinations, graphics design considerations, high resolution for viewscreens, and the shapes of windows. Computer viewscreens are evolving into pictorial media, communicating information with visual immediacy. The more interesting interfaces make use of multiple windows, menus, icons, and other visual effects to waken and sustain user interest and effectiveness. A pretty window is a viewscreen window with the dimensions of a golden rectangle, a rectangle whose width and height form the golden ratio of Euclid. Psychologists believe golden rectangles are aesthetically more pleasing than arbitrary rectangles, and subjects tend to select them in preference to other rectangles in tests.
Index Terms:
viewscreen windows, Aesthetics, human factors, man-machine communications, psychological preferences
Citation:
J. Gait, "An Aspect of Aesthetics in Human-Computer Communications: Pretty Windows," IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 11, no. 8, pp. 714-717, Aug. 1985, doi:10.1109/TSE.1985.232520
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