A Study of the Impact of Changes in Software Interface Design Elements on Visual Fatigue

With the advent of the paperless era, electronic working devices have become the norm, and people are increasingly relying on software in mobile phones and computers to process their work. Long hours of reading and searching, as well as the use of different character sizes, line spacing, color values, and the chroma of the software interface, can have an impact on visual fatigue. Long-term visual fatigue can lead to myopia, red eye, and glaucoma, which can cause health problems and reduce productivity. Therefore, interface design is of paramount importance to the software workforce. At present, most of the experimental literature focuses on the relationship between the physical properties of computers or mobile phones and visual fatigue. The study, which collected research literature from 2010–2020, examined the impact of software interface design elements on visual fatigue. We divide the interface design elements into text, color and graphics, and classify the literature according to the categories of interface elements to explore the changing patterns and trends of research themes and methods over time. This study provides a methodological basis for the future study of visual fatigue-related interface design and puts forward some suggestions for future research directions.