한·중 애완동물 커뮤니티 앱의 UI 디자인에 대한 비교 연구 - 페팸, 포인핸드, 리펫, 빕테일을 중심으로 -

Abstract

In order to relieve the social stress and loneliness which comesfrom the society's rapid change, people are increasing their attention towards pets. This kind of phenomenon became an opportunity to extend to the social market which offers all kinds of products and services for pet owners. With the spread of smart phones and Apps with mobile community functions, we have seen varies services appear which revolve around pets. This study is to develop and improve UI(user interface) design of Korean and Chinese Apps by analysing 'Pefam' , 'Paw in Hand' in Korea, and 'Leepet' , 'Viptail' in China. After reviewing previous research and investigating UI design element structure and standards, I extracted detailed evaluation items of pet community Apps. To evaluate each APP’s function and interface design, Korean and Chinese students responded to the survey for comparing the three kind of functions. As a result of the research, I not only found the advantages and disadvantages in each App, but also found a way to improve the development of pet community App so that Korean and Chinese Apps may benefit. Moreover, I executed the objectivity of the logical evaluation process of pet community Apps’ UI design. I hope this result of research not only can be applied to pet community App's UI design, but also can be used for UI design of related Apps.