Improving the learnability of mobile device applications for older adults

  • Authors:
  • Rock Leung

  • Affiliations:
  • University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

  • Venue:
  • CHI '09 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

Mobile devices have the potential to support many older adults (age 65+) in their daily lives. However, older adults find it difficult to learn to use many existing mobile device applications and their interfaces. The goal of this dissertation research is to improve the learnability of mobile software user interfaces for older adults. To achieve this goal, we will investigate three complementary design approaches that have not been well explored for this population.