The book as user interface: Lowering the entry cost to email for elders

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1331-1334

  Davidoff, Scott ^a   Bloomberg, Carson ^a   Li, Ian Anthony R ^a   Mankoff, Jennifer ^a   Fussell, Susan R ^a  

^a Carnegie Mellon University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; BUI; CMC; Seniors; Tangible user interfaces; Ubiquitous computing

Indexed keywords

AUGMENTED PAPER; BUI; CMC; COMPLEX INTERACTION; COMPLEX TASK; DIGITAL WORLD; E-MAIL SYSTEMS; ENTRY COSTS; INTERFACE TECHNOLOGY; SENIORS; START-UP COSTS; STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS; STUMBLING BLOCKS; TANGIBLE USER INTERFACES; TECHNICAL ARTIFACTS;

AGING OF MATERIALS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 78651522717     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1056808.1056909     Document Type: Conference Paper

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