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Confidence, Visual Research, and the Aesthetic Function
2007
Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research
The goal of this article is to identify and describe one of the primary purposes of aesthetic quality in the design of computer interfaces and visualization tools. We suggest that humanists can derive advantages in visual research by acknowledging by their efforts to advance aesthetic quality that a significant function of aesthetics in this context is to inspire the user's confidence. This confidence typically serves to create a sense of trust in the provider of the interface or tool. In turn,
doi:10.21083/partnership.v2i1.193
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