The growing popularity of smartphones in recent years has led to an increase in mobile application development and use. However, a large number of mobile applications are only used once before being removed. For companies and organizations to spend time and money on application development only to achieve low user retention rates is unsustainable. During their first interaction with a mobile application it is crucial that users find functionality and value quickly to avoid discontinuation of use. User onboarding is often implemented in mobile applications to aid in first time interaction, making onboarding processes subject of investigation for effect on user attitude towards continued use of mobile applications. The study examined mobile onboarding processes and their effect on user attitude towards continued use of applications as well as the difference between onboarding processes effect on user attitude towards continued use of applications. The study was conducted within-subjects through a survey consisting of interaction with two prototypes with different onboarding processes and a questionnaire based on the technology acceptance model in order to investigate the variables of interest. The results of the survey were analyzed to measure the effects of the onboarding processes on the factors of the technology acceptance model and to investigate the differences between the onboarding processes. The results showed that user onboarding has a positive influence on perceived usefulness, attitude towards use and intention to use. There was no significant difference between the different types of onboarding patterns effect on attitude towards continued use. The positive effects on attitude and intention to use confirmed that implementing onboarding processes in mobile applications could be beneficial for value proposition and user retention. The perceived usefulness proved to be the determining factor on attitude and intention to use.

The adoption of technology in our daily activities increased the time that we spend in front of the screen and changed the way we communicate and work. In recent years, many big companies started to develop and implement screen time management tools in their products to educate the user on how to improve their digital health. Those tools are an important step in the process, they bring awareness and help the users to change their habits. Several studies have focused on screen time tracking apps but not from the design perspective. Therefore, this thesis aims to explore the design of screen time management apps by developing two prototypes, which were used to evaluate different design elements and features. The results of this thesis present a guideline on how to improve the design of the existing screen time tracking tools and what additional features could be added to fulfil their aim and encourage users to change their behaviour.

Design philosophies in MMOs seem to have seen a shift in recent years. What used to be designs for social dependencies and challenging content seems to have become designs for social independence and casual play. This has not gone by unnoticed by communities of players that have gradually increased in size, hoping to find regression in design philosophies for their favorite games. This study combines the social component of Yee’s (2006) model for motivations for online play with Bradner’s (2001) concept of social affordances, and quantitative surveys with qualitative interviews in order to examine how the social player experience in World of Warcraft has changed in relation to changes made to the game. Some of the findings are that the incentives and necessity for socializing with strangers in the game has generally diminished as a consequence of changes made in the game that focus on practical efficiency. External factors that seems to have played a role in these results are age, technological contexts and life contexts of the respondents.

Social fobi är en ångeststörning som i stor utsträckning påverkar livet hos den som är diagnostiserad. Kärnan i social fobi ligger i rädslan att bli granskad och riskera att göra bort sig eller bli förlöjligad. Den behandlingsmetod som visats vara mest effektiv i behandling mot social fobi är kognitiv beteendeterapi (KBT). Det är en tidsbegränsad och nutidsorienterad psykoterapi där patienten lär sig både kognitiva och beteenderelaterade färdigheter som behövs för att denne adaptivt ska kunna fungera i både inter- och intrapersonella världar. I takt med att teknologin utvecklas blir det möjligt att flytta terapin till en virtuell miljö, där patienten kan exponeras för de stimuli som de anser vara ångestframkallande. Denna behandingsform kallas för Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy (VRET) och tar terorier inom KBT och förflyttar dem till en miljö i virtual reality. User experience-mål beskriver den önskade upplevelsen hos användaren när denne interagerar med interaktiva system. UX-mål delas upp i pragmatiska och hedoniska aspekter. Resultatet av studien blev två pragmatiska och två hedoniska UX-mål som beskriver den önskade upplevelsen hos användaren när denne behandlas med VRET mot social fobi. De framtagna målen visar att känslor av kontroll, realism, belöningar och utmaningar är det som användarna anser vara de viktigaste aspekterna när en mjukvara för behandling av social fobi ska designas.

UX-mognad inom företag kan enklast beskrivas som mätningen av användarfokus under utvecklingen av en produkt och inom ett företag. Syftet med denna rapport är att jämföra två UX-mognadsmodeller i praktisk tillämning inom ett spelföretag utifrån aspekterna lätthanterlighet, modellprecision samt tillgänglighet. Nielsens UX-mognadsmodell som kom ut 2006 är utformad för organisationer, medan McAllisters UX-mognadsmodell är specifikt utformad för spelföretag och släpptes 2018. Den praktiska tillämpningen av modellerna bestod av en fältstudie där anställda på spelföretaget intervjuades. Analysen gjordes sedan i två delar. Den första delen var att fastställa spelföretagets UX-mognadsnivå genom användning av modellerna, under denna analys separerades modellerna. Andra analysen var den jämförande analysen mellan de två modellerna ur de tre aspekterna, även under denna analys separerades de två modellerna. Studiens resultat påvisar att McAllister UX- mognadsmodell är bättre på att fastställa spelföretags UX-mognadsnivå ur aspekterna lätthanterlighet och modellprecision, men Nielsens modell är mer tillgänglig. De hinder som stöttes på i studien pekar på att båda modellerna innehåller svagheter som bör förändras för enklare tillämpning i praktiken. Ihop med studiens resultat uppenbarades det även att finns behov för områdesspecificera UX-mognadsmodeller, och att detta skulle leda till enklare tillämpning för företag, organisationer och konsulter.

This diploma thesis focuses on design of the web application for project management. The final product is more process-oriented compared to most of other widely spread project management tools. It builds on the visual representation of tasks' progress. One of the main features is its simplicity and user friendliness as it also aims at the users who are not willing to invest their time to discover more complex applications but are willing to use some project management tool. The application is developped in the Symfony framework.

An interactive multiple screen visualisation might become an opportunity for engaging and illustrative presentations of scientific, complex, and abstract research. With multiple (interactive) monitors, storytelling and interfaces could bring engagement, immersion, and attraction to the audience. The challenge of designing for a multiple screen setup is that the amount of information can be overwhelming, causing the perception of it and engagement with it to decrease. This thesis explores approaches that could enhance the perception and engagement of the content for a multiple screen setup. The Research Through Design approach sets the structure for the entire thesis. It consists of methods for exploration, concepting, prototyping, and user testing. By following this research approach, three versions of a prototype were developed and tested which led to the results of this thesis. The overall nature of this research process was exploratory and the design decisions were applied during the activities. The main findings of this thesis regarding the multiple screen setup during the research process included three attention guiding approaches: black and white, blur, and pause, and according to the user test participants, the preferred approach was black and white. The second vital aspect of the research and testing were the five-act story arc and interactive storytelling structures. According to the data from user tests, interactivity helped to increase the engagement and perception of the exhibition piece.

Buildings consume a significant portion of the world's overall electricity consumptionand it is critical for people's well-being and performance to have a good indoor climate. This is projected to rise as living conditions improve and climate change occurs. This means that energy-efficient interior climate systems are critical, and it is a worthwhile topic to research. This Master Thesis is focused on the topic of indoor climate and how user experience design can improve efficiency and sustainability in the commissioning process. In addition to being a topic that is not much explored, the longer it takes to install wireless systems, the more expensive and more harmful it is to construction sites. The aim of this study was to identify challenges that users face during the commissioning process. Another aim of this research was to investigate what are the improvement opportunities in the indoor climate commissioning process. The final aim of this study is an artifact that has been created with suggested actions that address the identified challenges that users encounter during the commissioning process. The methods chosen for this research will be a combination of qualitative and quantitative research, known as a mixed-method approach. This approach will be used to obtain answers to the study's research questions. The outcome of the survey and interviews with employees who have participated in the commissioning processsomehow will enable us to answer the research questions. The project includes, for example, user studies, technical studies, and the development of new concepts.

Den här studien syftar till att besvara frågeställningen: Hur kan existerande designriktlinjer inom gränssnittsdesign anpassas för heuristisk utvärdering av gränssnittskomponenter i digitala strategibrädspel? Rapporten inleds med en bakgrund över brädspels historia, inklusive dess digitalisering och tidigare forskning inom både fysiska och digitala brädspel. Vidare redogörs en beskrivning av heuristisk utvärdering och olika designriktlinjer inom fysiska brädspel, datorspel och generell gränssnittsdesign. Baserat på en litteraturstudie över tidigare forskning om designriktlinjer för brädspel, datorspel och generell gränssnittsdesign har en lista med ett urval av etablerade designriktlinjer gjorts. Dessa har sedan använts i en heuristisk utvärdering för att undersöka hur väl de är lämpade för utvärdering av digitala strategibrädspels gränssnitt. Baserat på en analys av utvärderingen har listan med designriktlinjer itererats, som i sin tur utvärderats av tre externa utvärderare med expertis inom spelutveckling och/eller UX-design. Utvärderarna har även deltagit i en semi-strukturerad intervju om hur det var att utvärdera ett digitalt brädspel och hur listan med designriktlinjerna var att använda. Sammanlagt har litteraturstudien, de heuristiska utvärderingarna, en observation av de externa utvärderarna samt intervjuerna resulterat i en ny lista med designriktlinjer specifikt anpassade för heuristisk utvärdering av digitala strategibrädspel och visar på hur designriktlinjer behövs anpassas för utvärdering av digitala strategibrädspel. / This study aim to answer the research question: How can existing design guidelines in interface design be adapted for heuristic evaluation of interface components in digital strategy board games? The study begins with a background of the history of board games, including its digitalization and related studies of both physical and digital board games. Furthermore, a description of heuristic evaluation and different design guidelines for physical board games, video games and general interface design is made. A list of selected design guidelines have been created based on a literature review on previous studies on design guidelines for board games, video games and general interface design. These have been used in a heuristic evaluation to examine how well they work for evaluation of the interfaces of digital strategy board games. A new list with design guidelines was then created based on an analysis of the evaluation, which later got evaluated by three external evaluators with expertise in game design, UX-design or both. The evaluators also participated in a semi-structured interview about their opinions and experience of using the design guidelines to evaluate a digital board game. The literature review, the heuristic evaluations, an observation of the evaluators and the interviews resulted in a new list with design guidelines, specifically intended for heuristic evaluation of digital strategy board games, and shows how design guidelines needs to be adjusted for evaluation of digital strategy board games.

This study investigates the 404 error and in what way feedback should be given to the user in an error message to generate a good user experience. To investigate this, data was gathered from 1) a literature review looking at previous studies in User Experience Design, as well as different models to evaluate ease of use and perceived usefulness, 2) a pre-study questionnaire with nine participants who were asked questions related to error messages and feedback in general, and 3) two user tests; the first including 16 participants and the second including 46 participants. During the user tests the participants interacted with a prototype of a website that included 404 error messages. In the first user test the participants' user experience was evaluated based on the TAM model, including perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use. The second user study focused more on text and illustrations and their effects on the user experience. Three versions of texts were tested, formal, apologetic and amusing. The illustrations either included a character or an object. The result showed that, in general, the users preferred formal texts, as well as illustrations that included a character. The result also suggested that there is not one type of feedback that fits all users, in order to generate a good user experience, it is important to know the audience.