The Interplay between Usability and Aesthetics: More Evidence for the “What Is Usable Is Beautiful” Notion

Table 1

Effects of manipulated beauty and manipulated usability on HQI items.

HQI items	Manipulated aesthetics			Manipulated usability			Usability aesthetics
	Takes me distant from people-brings me closer to people	0.949	.333	.011	1.110	.295	.013	0.198	.657	.002
gaudy-classy	38.397	<.001	.314	2.105	.151	.024	<0.001	.992	<.001
Cheap-valuable	16.316	<.001	.163	2.146	.147	.025	0.241	.625	.003
Noninclusive-inclusive	4.420	.039	.050	8.452	.005	.091	0.632	.429	.007
Isolating-integrating	3.836	.055	.044	3.127	.081	.036	0.109	.742	.001
Amateurish-professional	0.641	.426	.008	0.927	.338	.011	1.939	.167	.023
Unpresentable-presentable	27.081	<.001	.244	2.985	.088	.034	0.024	.878	<.001

Inverted items were reversed so that higher values always indicate a higher HQI value.