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Volume 18, Issue 1, 2010
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Challenges in designing digital interfaces for the study of multimodal phenomena
Author(s): Kay O’Halloran, Sabine Tan, Bradley Smith and Alexey Podlasovpp.: 2–21 (20)More LessThe paper discusses the challenges faced by researchers in developing effective digital interfaces for analyzing the meaning-making processes of multimodal phenomena. The authors propose a social semiotic approach as the underlying theoretical foundation, because interactive digital technology is the embodiment of multimodal social semiotic communication. The paper outlines the complex issues with which researchers are confronted in designing digital interface frameworks for modeling, analyzing, and retrieving meaning from multimodal data, giving due consideration to the multiplicity of theoretical frameworks and theories which have been developed for the study of multimodal text within social semiotics, and their impact on the development of a computer-based tool for the exploration, annotation, and analysis of multimodal data.
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Icons in mobile phones: Comprehensibility differences between older and younger users
Author(s): Charalambos Koutsourelakis and Konstantinos Chorianopoulospp.: 22–35 (14)More LessMobile phones have become a ubiquitous information and telecommunication terminal used by diverse age groups. Despite research findings that indicate the special needs and skills of senior citizens, contemporary handsets offer limited consideration for them. We investigated whether typical mobile phone icons are suitable for older users, as measured through unaided icon comprehension. For this purpose, we studied 38 users and evaluated 25 icons, which we captured from five different handsets. It was found that there are significant differences in icon comprehension performance between older and younger mobile phone users. We conclude that designers of mobile phone icons have to regard older user groups differently and we describe the qualities of icons suitable to each one of the age groups. Finally, we highlight the need for additional similar research in different ethnic and cultural groups.
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Comparing the legibility of six ClearType typefaces to Verdana and Times New Roman
Author(s): Barbara S. Chaparro, A. Dawn Shaikh, Alex Chaparro and Edgar C. Merklepp.: 36–49 (14)More LessThis study compares the on-screen legibility of six ClearType typefaces to that of two existing typefaces widely used for business documents, email, and websites. Participants were presented with individual letters, digits, and symbols from each typeface for brief durations and asked to verbally identify the character. Percent correct identification for each character was calculated and graphical sunflower plots were used to highlight the characters misidentified. Results show that the legibility was higher for the ClearType typefaces Consolas and Cambria as well as the non-ClearType typeface Verdana than for Times New Roman, especially for digits and symbols.
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Getting around the reproduction problems of colored graphs
Author(s): Thomas Bohmpp.: 50–59 (10)More LessThis paper highlights the reproduction problems of colored graphs in grayscale/black and white contexts. It suggests remedies and improvements to the common design and presentation of graphs. The paper also shows the benefits of using a graphic communication/information designer.
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