Research-derived web design guidelines for older people

ASSETS 2005 - The Seventh International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 129-135

  Kurniawan, Sri ^a   Zaphiris, Panayiotis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Elderly; HCI; Seniors; Web design guidelines

Indexed keywords

AGEING; ELDERLY; SENIORS; WEB DESIGN GUIDELINES;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LOGIC DESIGN; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); USER INTERFACES;

WEBSITES;

EID: 32344451564     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1090785.1090810     Document Type: Conference Paper

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