Oncomfort
Oncomfort is a term used in design and human factors to describe a holistic level of perceived ease and well-being experienced by users during interactions with products, environments, and services. The concept treats comfort as an active design objective, spanning physical fit, cognitive load, emotional response, and environmental conditions. It appears in discussions across product design, architecture, human–computer interaction, and workplace ergonomics.
Oncomfort integrates multiple dimensions that interact to produce overall user ease: physical comfort (ergonomic fit, materials,
Practically, oncomfort is assessed through mixed methods, combining subjective comfort scales with objective measures such as
While not a formal standardized metric, oncomfort is used to articulate a design goal that aligns user