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Record Nr.

UNINA9910583004203321

Autore

Johnson Jeff

Titolo

Designing user interfaces for an aging population : towards universal design / / Jeff Johnson, Kate Finn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, and imprint of Elsevier, , [2017]

�2017

ISBN

0-12-804512-4

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 242 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

005.437

Soggetti

User interfaces (Computer systems)

Universal design

Computers and older people

Technology and older people

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. Meet some older adults -- ch. 3. Vision -- ch. 4. Motor control -- ch. 5. Hearing and speech -- ch. 6. Cognition -- ch. 7. Knowledge -- ch. 8. Search -- ch. 9. Attitude -- ch. 10. Working with older adults -- ch. 11. Case studies -- ch. 12. Summary and conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

Designing User Interfaces for an Aging Population: Towards Universal Design presents age-friendly design guidelines that are well-established, agreed-upon, research-based, actionable, and applicable across a variety of modern technology platforms. The book offers guidance for product engineers, designers, or students who want to produce technological products and online services that can be easily and successfully used by older adults and other populations. It presents typical age-related characteristics, addressing vision and visual design, hand-eye coordination and ergonomics, hearing and sound, speech and comprehension, navigation, focus, cognition, attention, learning, memory, content and writing, attitude and affect, and general accessibility. The authors explore characteristics of aging via realistic personas which demonstrate the impact of design decisions on actual



users over age 55. Presents the characteristics of older adults that can hinder use of technology Provides guidelines for designing technology that can be used by older adults and younger people Review real-world examples of designs that implement the guidelines and the designs that violate them