Preferences of young children regarding interface layouts in child community web sites

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 311-330

  Chen, Chien Hsu ^a   Wu, Fong Gong ^a   Rau, Pei Luen Patrick ^b   Hung, Yu Hsiu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Child community web site; Children; Interface layout; Preference; Usability; Web design

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; INTERNET; ONLINE CONFERENCING; STUDENTS; USER INTERFACES; WEBSITES;

CHILD COMMUNITY WEB SITES; CHILDREN; INTERFACE LAYOUTS; PREFERENCES; USABILITY; WEB DESIGNS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 1542274599     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intcom.2003.11.009     Document Type: Article

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