Evaluating websites for older adults: Adherence to 'senior-friendly' guidelines and end-user performance

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 191-199

  Hart, T A ^a   Chaparro, B S ^a   Halcomb, C G ^a  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet; Older adults; Web design guidelines; Website usability

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTS; HEALTH; USABILITY ENGINEERING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EASE-OF-USE; END USERS; INTERNET USERS; NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE (NLM); OLDER ADULTS; USABILITY GUIDELINES; USABILITY TESTING; WEB SITE;

INTERNET;

EID: 46149085929     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449290600802031     Document Type: Article

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