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Studies on Human Computer Interface Design of Chinese Mobile Phone Users

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Abstract

In present paper, we briefly presented a series researches from our lab which investigated font size, different pairings of font and background color on Chinese users’ ability to effectively read messages and navigate a Chinese mobile phone interface. The findings of the studies from our lab may generalize from mobile phone message reading and menu operation to other circumstances where there is a small screen interface, such as mobile web interfaces, palmtop computers, and electronic dictionaries and other mobile e-learning devices. The results had significant implications on interface design of mobile small screen devices and mobile e-learning devices.

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  1. School of Psychology, State Key Lab of Cognitive and Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, 100875

    Xue-Min Zhang

  2. Department of Psychology, New York State University at Albany, NY, USA

    Yong-Na Li

  3. Graduate School of Education, Fordham University, NY, USA

    Fran C. Blumberg

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Zhang, XM., Li, YN., Blumberg, F.C. (2008). Studies on Human Computer Interface Design of Chinese Mobile Phone Users. In: Li, F., Zhao, J., Shih, T.K., Lau, R., Li, Q., McLeod, D. (eds) Advances in Web Based Learning - ICWL 2008. ICWL 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5145. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85033-5_47

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