Mobile user interface for seniors: An impact of ageing population on mobile design

Design Principles and Practices

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 231-249

  Wong, Chui Yin ^a   Khong, Chee Weng ^a   Thwaites, Harold ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Grey Market; Mobile Phone; Older Adults; Senior Citizens; User Interface

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880713211     PISSN: 18331874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18848/1833-1874/cgp/v04i04/37936     Document Type: Article

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