Influence of Highlighting Words Beneath Icon on Performance of Visual Search in Tablet Computer

摘要

This study compares the influence of different kinds of highlighting words beneath icons on visual search performance on the interface of tablets through response time and accurate rates of participants completing a search task. The results indicate highlighting words below icons could improve performance of searching a target icon; and when the icons are gray, under the condition of color words and flicker words is more effective for visual search. When the icons are colorful, under the condition of flicker words is more effective for visual search.