UX Definitions: The Missing Components and the Need for the Context and Time of Use

There are several definitions for user experience (UX). However, this study unveiled that there are missing components in those definitions. An analysis of user experience definitions shows that the definitions had the elements of time of use and context of use absent in them. These missing components limit and obscure the understanding of user experience. Nevertheless, the inclusion of these components improves the specificity, robustness, uniqueness, and meaningfulness of UX and will provide illumination for the conceptualization, design, evaluation, and modeling of UX. As UX is understood the way it is defined, an all-encompassing definition that comprises the components of time and context of use will therefore be worthwhile. This study reviewed extant related literature and unraveled these gaps and suggested their inclusion in user experience definitions.