Usability of touch-panel interfaces for older adults

Human Factors

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 767-776

  Murata, Atsuo ^a   Iwase, Mirokazu ^b,c  

^a HIROSHIMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Tokyo Institute of Technology   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERFORMANCE MODEL; TARGET LOCATIONS; TOUCH-PANEL INTERFACES; USABILITY;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

HAPTIC INTERFACES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER MOUSE; DEVICE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; OPERATOR; PERFORMANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TOUCH;

ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; TOUCH; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33646157087     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872005775570952     Document Type: Article

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