An instrument for the measurement of the visual quality of displays

Standardizing visual display quality

“…In three experiments, in which different subjects participated, three monochrome flat panel displays were rated (an ELD, a reflective LCD and a back-lit LCD). The mean repeated measurements correlation of the DES items over these experiments was 0.848 [36].…”

“…The inter-rater reliability [35], repeated measures reliability and validity have been studied. Interrater reliability coefficients were determined from five different experiments [36]. To give an indication: the mean correlation within subjects, between objects and collapsed over the DES items, was 0.809.…”

The effects of screen ratio and order on information retrieval in web pages

“…The subjective measures used in the current study are based on previous research in Human -Computer Interaction (DES-W, based on [24]) and experimental aesthetics ( [21]). However, a broader range of subjective measures may be considered, such as [16] aesthetics scales.…”

“…In a first rating task, participants completed a set of 30 (six items £ five screen ratios) questions (DES-W) based on the display evaluation scale (DES; [24]). These questions asked participants to rate their satisfaction with display quality in terms of the width of the navigation area and content area, the size of the navigation area and content area, and finally the combination of width of navigation area and content area and combination of size of navigation area and content area.…”