Cross-Platform Cross-Cultural User Experience

Many interactive systems can be accessed across a range of different platforms, enabling cross-platform services and allowing users to migrate their tasks from one platform to another. The aim of this study is to investigate the culture-related experiential side of using multiple interactive systems across platforms by studying users from different cultural backgrounds. In this paper, we present our findings from a user study of five cross-platform services. We conducted the user study in Australia and Saudi Arabia. Participants in Australia and Saudi Arabia interacted with English and Arabic versions of the services respectively. We used think-aloud protocol, observation and questionnaires to gather data. During our experiments, each participant performed a set of inter-related tasks using a cross-platform service across two devices: laptop and mobile phone. We identified five objective cultural factors (direction, translation, meaning of icons, formatting, and typing interface) that influence cross-platform user experience. The power distance and uncertainty avoidance subjective cultural dimensions also influenced user perception of cross-platform services. Based on our findings and analyses, we propose a design model that encompasses these cultural factors to guide designing international cross-platform services.

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Khalid Majrashi

Margaret Hamilton

Alexandra L. Uitdenbogerd

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Publication date: July 2016

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RMIT University, Australia

[0002]Institute of Public Administration, Saudi Arabia

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Conference number: 30

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[1] M. F. AliM. A. Perez-QuinonesM. AbramsE. Shell 2002 Building multi-platform user interfaces with UIML Computer-Aided Design of User Interfaces III Springer 255 266

[2] J. AustinP. F. Delaney 1998 Protocol analysis as a tool for behavior analysis The Analysis of verbal behavior 15 41

[3] C. BaberN. Stanton 1996 Observation as a technique for usability evaluation P. W. JordanB. ThomasI. L. McClellandB. Weerdmeester Usability evaluation in industry London Taylor & Francis 85 94

[4] M. BångA. LarssonE. BerglundH. Eriksson 2005 Distributed user interfaces for clinical ubiquitous computing applications International journal of medical informatics 74 7-8 545 551

[5] N. Bevan 1995 Measuring usability as quality of use Software Quality Journal 4 2 115 130

[6] M. H. Bond 2002 Reclaiming the individual from Hofstede's ecological analysis-a 20-year odyssey: comment on Oyserman et al 2002 Psychological bulletin 128 1 73 77

[7] M. De MooijG. Hofstede 2010 The Hofstede model Applications to global branding and advertising strategy and research International Journal of Advertising 29 1 85 110

[8] C. DenisL. Karsenty 2004 Inter-usability of multi-device systems: A conceptual framework S. AhmedJ. Homa Multiple user interfaces: Cross-platform applications and context-aware interfaces New York Wiley 373 384

[9] P. W. DorfmanJ. P. Howell 1988 Dimensions of national culture and effective leadership patterns: Hofstede revisited Advances in international comparative management 3 1 127 150

[10] S. DowneyR. M. WentlingT. WentlingA. Wadsworth 2005 The relationship between national culture and the usability of an e-learning system Human Resource Development International 8 1 47 64

[11] D. P. FordC. E. ConnellyD. B. Meister 2003 Information systems research and Hofstede's culture's consequences: an uneasy and incomplete partnership IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management 50 1 8 25

[12] G. FordP. Kotzé 2005 Designing Usable Interfaces with Cultural Dimensions M. F. CostabileF. Paterno Human-Computer Interaction — INTERACT '05: Proceedings of the Tenth IFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction Berlin, Heidelberg Springer 713 726

[13] J. A. GalludR. TesorieroJ. VanderdoncktM. LozanoV. PenichetF. Botella 2011 Distributed user interfaces CHI '11 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems Vancouver, BC, Canada ACM 2429 2432

[14] J. GongP. Tarasewich 2004 Guidelines for handheld mobile device interface design Proceedings of DSI 2004 Annual Meeting Citeseer 3751 3756

[15] K. C. HamborgB. VehseH. B. Bludau 2004 Questionnaire based usability evaluation of hospital information systems Electronic journal of information systems evaluation 7 1 21 30

[16] M. Hassenzahl 2005 The thing and I: understanding the relationship between user and product M. A. BlytheK. OverbeekeA. F. MonkP. C. Wright Funology: From Usability to Enjoyment Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 31 42

[17] G. HofstedeM. H. Bond 1984 Hofstede's Culture Dimensions An Independent Validation Using Rokeach's Value Survey Journal of cross-cultural psychology 15 4 417 433

[18] G. HofstedeG. J. HofstedeM. Minkov 1991 Cultures and organisations-software of the mind: intercultural cooperation and its importance for survival McGraw-Hill New York, NY

[19] G. HofstedeG. J. HofstedeM. Minkov 2010 Cultures and organizations: Software of the mind New York

[20] N. L. Hoft 1996 Developing a cultural model M. d. G. ElisaN. Jakob International users interface New York John Wiley and Sons 41 73

[21] J. LazarJ. H. FengH. Hochheiser 2011 Research methods in human-computer interaction Wiley.com

[22] A. M. Lund 2001 Measuring usability with the USE questionnaire Usability interface 8 2 3 6

[23] K. MajrashiM. Hamilton 2015 A cross-platform usability measurement model Lecture Notes on Software Engineering 3 2 132

[24] K. MajrashiM. HamiltonA. L Uitdenbogerd 2014 Cross-platform usability and eye-tracking measurement and analysis model T. RobertsonK. O’HaraG. WadleyL. LokeT. Leong Proceedings of the 26th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference on Designing Futures: the Future of Design ACM 418 421

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[26] A. MarcusE. W. Gould 2000 Crosscurrents: cultural dimensions and global Web userinterface design interactions 7 4 32 46

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[28] J. Nielsen 1994 Usability engineering Elsevier

[29] J. Nielsen 1995 10 Heuristics for User Interface Design Available at https://www.nngroup.com/articles/ten-usability-heuristics/ February 1 2016

[30] J. NielsenT. ClemmensenC. Yssing 2002 Getting access to what goes on in people's heads?: reflections on the think-aloud technique O. W. Bertelsen Proceedings of the second Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction Aarhus, Denmark ACM 101 110

[31] L. Nilsson 2006 Continuity of Service in Design for a Specific Platform: Combining service-and interaction design perspectives in a multiple platform environment Department of Computer and Information Science Institutionen för datavetenskap Linköping University 39

[32] J. PreeceY. RogersH. SharpD. BenyonS. HollandT. Carey 1994 Human-computer interaction Essex, UK Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd

[33] P. S. PylaM. TungareM. Pérez-Quinones 2006 Multiple user interfaces: Why consistency is not everything, and seamless task migration is key Proceedings of the CHI 2006 workshop on the many faces of consistency in cross-platform design

[34] K. SamaanF. Tarpin-Bernard 2004 Task models and interaction models in a multiple user interfaces generation process Proceedings of the 3rd annual conference on Task models and diagrams ACM 137 144

[35] S. C. SchneiderBarsoux J.-L. 2003 Managing across cultures Harlow, UK Pearson Education

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[41] D. S. Seong 2006 Usability guidelines for designing mobile learning portals Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Mobile technology, applications & systems Bangkok Thailand ACM 25

[42] K. Väänänen-Vainio-MattilaH. VäätäjäT. Vainio 2009 Opportunities and Challenges of Designing the Service User eXperience (SUX) in Web 2.0. H. IsomäkiP. Saariluoma Future Interaction Design II London Springer 117 139

[43] E. Van-Veenendaal 1998 Questionnaire based usability testing Proceedings of European Software Quality Week Brussels, BE 118 134

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