Usability research of interaction design for e-commerce Website

Abstract

Interaction design is a new discipline which comes from Human-Computer interaction and includes ergonomics, computer science, engineering, aesthetics, psychology and social sciences. Under the rapid development of computer technology, interaction design for e-commerce website is no longer bound by development of new technology, and focusing more attention on usability research and user experience with the user-centric-oriented aim. This paper depicts the relevant usability research and research process that improved interaction design for the e-commerce website. It leads to the view that interaction design and usability research is complementary to each other, and gives a research about how to be user-centered-oriented throughout the entire process of interaction design and usability research.