User interfaces heavily rely on attention-capture design patterns, e.g., infinite scroll and other variable-rewarding mechanisms, that erode users' sense of autonomy and undermine their digital wellbeing. Instead of having users rely on external self-regulation tools, this paper advocates that tech companies and designers should prioritize users' digital wellbeing by design. To take a first step in this direction, we present Digital Wellbeing Lens, a Figma plugin that guides designers in creating user interfaces that respect and preserve user time and attention. The plugin allows the continuous evaluation of prototypes against attention-capture patterns, calculating a digital wellbeing score and suggesting suitable design alternatives. Besides introducing the plugin, we demonstrate its practical application through a use case involving the design of a mobile social media app, and we report on the results of a first exploratory study with four designers, discussing the opportunities and challenges of embracing this paradigm shift.
Digital Wellbeing Lens: Design Interfaces That Respect User Attention / Monge Roffarello, Alberto; De Russis, Luigi; Pellegrino, Massimiliano. - STAMPA. - (In corso di stampa). (Intervento presentato al convegno International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI '24) tenutosi a Arenzano, Italy nel June 3rd -7th 2024).
Digital Wellbeing Lens: Design Interfaces That Respect User Attention
Monge Roffarello, Alberto;De Russis, Luigi;Pellegrino, Massimiliano
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Abstract
User interfaces heavily rely on attention-capture design patterns, e.g., infinite scroll and other variable-rewarding mechanisms, that erode users' sense of autonomy and undermine their digital wellbeing. Instead of having users rely on external self-regulation tools, this paper advocates that tech companies and designers should prioritize users' digital wellbeing by design. To take a first step in this direction, we present Digital Wellbeing Lens, a Figma plugin that guides designers in creating user interfaces that respect and preserve user time and attention. The plugin allows the continuous evaluation of prototypes against attention-capture patterns, calculating a digital wellbeing score and suggesting suitable design alternatives. Besides introducing the plugin, we demonstrate its practical application through a use case involving the design of a mobile social media app, and we report on the results of a first exploratory study with four designers, discussing the opportunities and challenges of embracing this paradigm shift.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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