Possible implications of aging for interface designers

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 507-528

  Hawthorn, D ^a  

^a UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; USER INTERFACES;

INTERFACE DESIGNS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 0033908145     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0953-5438(99)00021-1     Document Type: Article

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