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The 'Joy-of-Use'-Button: Recording Pleasant Moments While Using a PC

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Robert Schleicher,

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INTERACT '09: Proceedings of the 12th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Part II

Pages 630 - 633

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03658-3_67

Published: 20 August 2009 Publication History

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This paper describes the conceptualization and implementation of a free software tool to record positive moments while using a PC. The application runs in the background and is only visible as an icon in the system tray. Once called, the user is prompted to quantify the Joy-of-Use experience with a five-point rating which is saved together with a screenshot of the currently active window. The user can also mark areas in the screenshot that were relevant to the positive experience. In the advanced mode, the event can additionally be characterized by selecting typical aspects of such moments that were determined empirically, or by giving an own description in a free text field. A running version for Microsoft Windows XP and its source code are available online for other researchers and practitioners who wish to collect their own data on Joy-of-Use.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2371664.2371686

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INTERACT '09: Proceedings of the 12th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Part II

August 2009

984 pages

ISBN:9783642036576

Editors:
Tom Gross
Faculty of Media, Bauhaus University Weimar, Weimar, Germany 99423
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Jan Gulliksen
Department for Information Technology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden 75105
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Paula Kotzé
Meraka Institute, Pretoria, South Africa 0001
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Lars Oestreicher
Department of Information Science, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden 75120
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Philippe Palanque
University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse Cedex, France 31062
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Raquel Oliveira Prates
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil 31270010
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Marco Winckler
Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse Cedex, France 31062

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Wechsung IJepsen KBurkhardt FKöhler ASchleicher RChurchill ESubramanian SBaudisch PO'Hara K(2012)View from a distanceProceedings of the 14th international conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices and services companion10.1145/2371664.2371686(113-118)Online publication date: 21-Sep-2012
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2371664.2371686

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