Analyzing Icon Design of Alarm Systems based on Multidemensional Judgment Theory

• Main Authors: Jia-Ling Ruan, 阮嘉玲
• Other Authors: 梁曉帆
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/g9tgje

碩士 === 國立臺北科技大學 === 工業工程與管理研究所 === 96 === Icon design is very important of the Graphic User Interface(GUI). A good icon can let the user understand what the icon means in a convenient and efficient manner. The relationship of five shapes and five colors in alarm icons was analyzed based on the multidimensional judgment theory. A sorting method was used to collect the data about subjects’ preferences of assigning twenty-five icons (the combinations of five shapes and five colors) to three types of alarm status. Results showed that the shapes were more important than the colors for subjects to refer the icons to the disabled alarm status. However, no significant differences were found between the shapes and the colors for referring icons to the in-alarm and return-to-normal status. The redundancy gain in terms of subjects’ response times was found, when the most popular shape and color were used to design an icon. To conclude, GUI designers can use the findings of this study as a reference for the icon design.