This
paper explores the possibility of using theories and concepts
from the field of environmental psychology as a framework for
understanding perception of- and interaction with web pages. A
qualitative pilot experiment has been conducted in order to investigate
potential similarities in how people interact with, and perceive
web pages and real world environments. This study indicates that
perception of web pages is very similar to perception of natural
environments. Many key factors that have proven to be important
in perception of natural environments, such as complexity, spatial
configuration and mystery, also appear to be relevant determinants
in perception of web pages. Further, it also seems likely that
interaction with web pages, to some extent can be described using
a model based upon a conceptual framework depicting habitats selection.
