Aesthetic categories of interaction: Aesthetic perceptions on smartphone and computer

Abstract

Experiential attributes are a possible way of explaining user's experiences during interaction. Recently presented set of 23 aesthetic categories of interaction was established with a purpose to explain users' aesthetic experiences. This recent work focused on touch devices, such as smartphones and tablets, and concluded with the need to study further the goodness of established categories. The study, reported in this paper, continues to explore the consistency and aesthetic relations of these categories by comparing their goodness in explaining aesthetic perceptions on different devices: A smartphone and a laptop computer. Experimental research design with 2×2 conditions was used. Two of the conditions consisted of completing the same interaction episode on two different devices. The other two conditions consisted of passive watching the screen recordings of previous interactions on the same two devices. In conclusion, the aesthetic categories of interaction were found capable of explaining users perceptions across devices, but further study was suggested.