Universal Access in the Information Society
Reality-based interaction: unifying the new generation of interaction styles
CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Being-with: A study of familiarity
Interacting with Computers
Designing Gestural Interfaces: Touchscreens and Interactive Devices
Designing Gestural Interfaces: Touchscreens and Interactive Devices
Improving computer interaction for older adults
ACM SIGACCESS Accessibility and Computing
Natural user interfaces are not natural
interactions
Effects of multimodal feedback on the performance of older adults with normal and impaired vision
ERCIM'02 Proceedings of the User interfaces for all 7th international conference on Universal access: theoretical perspectives, practice, and experience
Review: Computer use by older adults: A multi-disciplinary review
Computers in Human Behavior
Fat finger worries: how older and younger users physically interact with PDAs
INTERACT'05 Proceedings of the 2005 IFIP TC13 international conference on Human-Computer Interaction
Elderly user evaluation of mobile touchscreen interactions
INTERACT'11 Proceedings of the 13th IFIP TC 13 international conference on Human-computer interaction - Volume Part I
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Culturally based design: embodying trans-surface interaction in rummy
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Investigating familiar interactions to help older adults learn computer applications more easily
BCS-HCI '11 Proceedings of the 25th BCS Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
ICONIP'12 Proceedings of the 19th international conference on Neural Information Processing - Volume Part IV
Ambient Awareness to Strengthen the Family Social Network of Older Adults
Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Age-related differences in performance with touchscreens compared to traditional mouse input
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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This paper presents the design ideas and a preliminary study of a touch-based gestural interface to support older adults in social networking. We had the hypothesis that the directness of gestures made them well suited to implement an interaction metaphor based on familiarity. Although preliminary, this hypothesis can be sustained. In particular, we found that most of the gestures (and in particular the iconic and the dynamic ones) have a hedonic quality that attracted and motivated our participants. We think that our results may contribute to the ongoing debate about gestural interfaces and help in understanding the value and the issue of this form of interaction.