A preliminary usability evaluation of strategies for seeking online information with elderly people

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 225, Issue , 2007, Pages 54-57

  Sayago, Sergio ^a   Blat, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Older people; Seeking online information strategies; Usability

Indexed keywords

GOOGLE; INFORMATION STRATEGIES; OLDER PEOPLE;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MICE (COMPUTER PERIPHERALS); ONLINE SYSTEMS; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

EID: 35348815538     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1243441.1243457     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (20)

1. Arnott, J.L., Khairulla, Z., Dickinson, A., A.Syme, N.Alm, R.Eisma and P.Gregor, E-mail Interfaces for Older People, in IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2004, pp: 111-118.
2. Aula, A. User study on older adults' use of the Web and search engines. Universal Access in Information Society, 2005(4). pp: 67-81.
3. Boyle, H., Nicolle, C., Maguire, M. and Mitchell, V. Older Users' Requirements for Interactive Television, in Clarkson, J., Langdon, P. and Robinson, P. eds. Designing Accessible Technology, Springer, 2006, pp: 85-92.
4. Bruza, P., McArthur, R. and Dennis, S., Interactive Internet search: keyword, directory and query reformation mechanisms compared, in SIGIR 2000, (Athens, Greece, 2000), pp: 280-287.
5. Chadwick-Dias, A., McNulty, M. and Tullis, T., Web Usability and Age: How Design Changes Can Improve Performance, in Proceedings of the 2003 Conference on Universal Usability CUU'03, (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada), pp: 30-38.
6. DEMUNTER, C. Internet activities in the European Union, EUROSTAT. www.europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/, 2005.
7. Dickinson, A., Newell, A.F., Smith, M.J. and Hill, R.L. Introducing the Internet to the over-60s: Developing an email system for older novice computer users. Interacting with Computers, 2005, pp: 1-22.
8. Fisk, A.D., Rogers, W.A., Chamess, N., Czaja, S.J. and Sharit, J. Designing for older adults. Principles and Creative Human Factors Approaches. CRC Press, 2004.
9. Fox, S. Older Americans and the Internet Pew Internet & American Life Project, http://www.pewintemet.org, 2004.
10. Hawthorn, D., How Universal is Good Design for Older Users? in ACM SIGCAPH Computers and the Physically Handicapped, Proceedings of the 2003 conference on Universal usability CUU '03, (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada), pp: 38-46.
11. Hodes, R.J. and Lindberg, D.A.B. Making Your Web Site Senior Friendly, National Institute on Aging and the National Library of Medicine, 2002.
12. Holt, B. Creating Senior-Friendly Web Sites. Center for Medicare Education / Issue Brief, 1 (4). pp: 1-8.
13. Jastrzembski, T., Charness, N., Holley, P. and Feddon, J. Input devices for web browsing: age and hand effects. Universal Access in Information Society, 2005, 4. pp: 39-45.
14. Krueger, R.A. Analyzing & Reporting Focus Group Results. SAGE Publications, 1998.
15. Larra, R.M.d. Los Mayores en la Sociedad de la Información: situación actual y retos de futuro, Fundación AUNA, Madrid, 2004.
16. Morrell, R.W., Dailey, S.R. and Rousseau, G.K. Applying Research: The NIHSeniorHealth.gov Project, in Chamess, N. and Schaie, K.W. eds. Impact of Technology on Successful Aging, Springer Series Societal Impact on Aging, New York, 2003.
17. Rowe, J.W. and Kahn, R.L. Successful aging. Pantheon Books, 1998.
18. Ruffo, M. and Jañez, J., Owasys, un nuevo enfoque: la telefonía móvil adaptada, in JANT 04.1 Jornadas sobre Accessibilidady las Nuevas Tecnologías, (Bilbao, Spain), 2004). ISBN: 84-9726-219-0
19. Sayago, S. Some aspects of ICT accessibility and design methods with the young elderly. MPhil in Computer Science and Digital Communication. Department of Information and Communication Technologies. Universität Pompeu Fabra, (Barcelona, Spain), 2006.
20. Tuomainen, K. and Haapanen, S., Needs of the Active Elderly for Mobile Phones, in Universal Access in HCI: Inclusive Design in the Information Society. Volume 4 of the Proceeding of HCI International 2003, (Crete, Greece), Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, pp: 494-49