Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | books | about  Designing For Fun: How to Make User Interfaces More Fun (02 Nov 2004) Fun-filled experiences are playful and liberating – they make you smile. They are a break from the ordinary and bring satisfying feelings of pleasure for body and mind. Joyful sensations often come during physical activities such as entertainment, recreation, or sports - parties are fun, dancing is fun, skiing is fun. Fun is also tied to mental challenges such as solving problems, playing music, and discovering something new. In gentler forms it can also be about laughing at late-night comedy shows, listening to music performances, or watching movies. For me, fun is often social -- attending parties, trading stories, or meeting compelling personalities. Article URL: ftp://ftp.cs.umd.edu/pub/hcil/Reports-Abstracts-Bibliography/2004-27html/2004-27.pdf Read 37 more articles from University Of Maryland sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: Gifts for the Holidays     This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy