{"id":184,"date":"2016-07-24T00:35:09","date_gmt":"2016-07-24T07:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/chilllab\/?page_id=184"},"modified":"2016-07-25T17:37:40","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T00:37:40","slug":"childrens-understanding-of-symbolism-in-user-interfaces","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/chilllab\/research\/childrens-understanding-of-symbolism-in-user-interfaces\/","title":{"rendered":"Children\u2019s Understanding of Symbolism in User Interfaces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many children&#8217;s apps expect their users to understand informal symbols embedded through the interface, such as progress bars or mini maps. In this study, we build on existing knowledge of children&#8217;s developmental trajectory to show that such symbols are often inaccessible to younger users, and embellishment of those symbols can also impact understanding. This work was published in the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies 2016.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_284\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-284\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-284\" src=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/chilllab\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/symbolism1-300x225.png\" alt=\"Example of an embellished progress bar indicating progress toward a goal that was used in the study\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/chilllab\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/symbolism1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/chilllab\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/symbolism1.png 584w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Example of an embellished progress bar indicating progress toward a goal that was used in the study<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>People<\/h2>\n<p>Alexis Hiniker<br \/>\nKiley Sobel<br \/>\nRay Hong<br \/>\nHyewon Suh<br \/>\nIndia Irish<br \/>\nJulie Kientz<\/p>\n<h2>Publication<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Hiniker, A., Sobel, K., Hong, S.R., Suh, H., &amp; Kientz, J. A. (2016). Hidden symbols: How informal symbolism in digital interfaces disrupts usability for preschoolers. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 90, 53-67.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many children&#8217;s apps expect their users to understand informal symbols embedded through the interface, such as progress bars or mini maps. In this study, we build on existing knowledge of children&#8217;s developmental trajectory to show that such symbols are often inaccessible to younger users, and embellishment of those symbols can also impact understanding. This work [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":67,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-184","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/chilllab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/chilllab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/chilllab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/chilllab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/chilllab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/chilllab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":286,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/chilllab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/184\/revisions\/286"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/chilllab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/chilllab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}