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Metaphors and User Interfaces in the Twenty-First Century Read chapter Read first chapter

2015 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

33. Fun! Fun! Fun! In the User Experience

Author : Aaron Marcus

Published in: HCI and User-Experience Design

Publisher: Springer London

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Abstract

A funny thing happened to me on the way to writing this chapter. I began to ask myself, what exactly constitutes fun in the user-experience of products and services?

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Metadata
Title
Fun! Fun! Fun! In the User Experience
Author
Aaron Marcus
Copyright Year
2015
Publisher
Springer London
Book
HCI and User-Experience Design

Print ISBN: 978-1-4471-6743-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4471-6744-0

Copyright Year: 2015

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6744-0_33

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