User interactive design for digital TV web surfing

Abstract

There is no standard for website layout and design of remote control device to date, and thus this study aims at proposing evaluation and suggestion to website layout as well as designing a proper and satisfactory remote control device for Web TV through human factors methodology, thereby to meet the demand of television history. There were two experiments in this study. Experiment I focused on website layout design for Web TV, investigating the proper sizes of characters and cursor as well as finding out possible gesture control motions. On the other hand, Experiment II focused on the design of remote control device, looking for the operating function for Web TV by means of motion analysis, usability evaluation and competitive advantage analysis for five different devices. After integrating analysis of all experimental data, we proposed a default value of the size of characters and cursor for the website layout design; besides, we provide suggestions for the design of remote control device and also design a new concept remote control device. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.