Web usability and age: How design changes can improve performance

Proceedings of the 2003 Conference on Universal Usability, CCU 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 30-37

  Chadwick Dias, Ann ^a   McNulty, Michelle ^a   Tullis, Tom ^a  

^a Fidelity Investments   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Gerontechnology; Older adults; Universal design; Web design; Web usability

Indexed keywords

AGING; GERONTECHNOLOGY; OLDER FAULTS; UNIVERSAL DESIGN; WEB DESIGN; WEB USABILITY;

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; USER INTERFACES; WEBSITES;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 9544244070     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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