Personalising web page presentation for older people

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 457-477

  Kurniawan, S H ^a   King, A ^a   Evans, D G ^a   Blenkhorn, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Ageing; Assistive technology; Elderly; Gerontology; Web

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SCIENCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LEARNING SYSTEMS; SERVERS; WEB BROWSERS;

ACCESSIBILITY; AGEING; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; ELDERLY; GERONTOLOGY;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 33646252236     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intcom.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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