Barriers of information access in small screen device applications: The relevance of user characteristics for a transgenerational design

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 4397 LNCS, Issue , 2007, Pages 117-136

  Anting, Katrin ^a   Ziefle, Martina ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Experimental; Expertise; Menu navigation; Older adults; PDA; Personal data management applications; Spatial ability

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT INTELLIGENCE; APPLICATION PROGRAMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS;

EXPERIMENTAL; EXPERTISE; MENU NAVIGATION; OLDER ADULTS; SPATIAL ABILITIES;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 38149047410     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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