Design of a mobile social community platform for older Chinese people in Urban Areas

Human Factors and Ergonomics In Manufacturing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 66-89

  Gao, Qin ^a   Ebert, Daniel ^a   Chen, Xing ^a   Ding, Yao ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Design for older people; Mobile social networking; Universal design; User centered design

Indexed keywords

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SOFTWARE DESIGN; USER INTERFACES;

MOBILE APPLICATIONS; MOBILE SOCIAL COMMUNITIES; OLDER PEOPLE; PERCEIVED BENEFITS; SOCIAL APPLICATIONS; UNIVERSAL DESIGN; USER CENTERED DESIGNS; USER INTERFACE DESIGNS;

DESIGN;

EID: 84916206732     PISSN: 10908471     EISSN: 15206564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hfm.20523     Document Type: Article

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