Designing User Interfaces for an Aging Population,

Edition 1 Towards Universal Design

Editors: By Jeff Johnson and Kate Finn

Publication Date: 07 Mar 2017

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Designing User Interfaces for an Aging Population: Towards Universal Design presents age-friendly design guidelines that are well-established, agreed-upon, research-based, actionable, and applicable across a variety of modern technology platforms.

The book offers guidance for product engineers, designers, or students who want to produce technological products and online services that can be easily and successfully used by older adults and other populations.

It presents typical age-related characteristics, addressing vision and visual design, hand-eye coordination and ergonomics, hearing and sound, speech and comprehension, navigation, focus, cognition, attention, learning, memory, content and writing, attitude and affect, and general accessibility.

The authors explore characteristics of aging via realistic personas which demonstrate the impact of design decisions on actual users over age 55.

Key Features

Presents the characteristics of older adults that can hinder use of technology
Provides guidelines for designing technology that can be used by older adults and younger people
Review real-world examples of designs that implement the guidelines and the designs that violate them

About the author

By Jeff Johnson, President and Principal Consultant, UI Wizards, Inc. and Kate Finn, Co-founder and CEO, Wiser Usability, Inc.

Chapter 1. Introduction

What Does “An Aging World¿ Mean?
Why Should the Aging of the World’s Population Matter to Designers?
Do We Really Need Yet Another Set of Design Guidelines for Yet Another Subgroup?
Moving Forward
Organization of Book
Note

Chapter 2. Meet Some Older Adults

Who Are We Talking About?
The Naming of Things Is a Difficult Matter
Sometimes, Age Really Is Just a Number
Characteristics of Some Older Adults
Personas for This Book

Chapter 3. Vision

Characteristics of Vision in Older Adults
Design Guidelines That Help Older Adults (and Others!)

Chapter 4. Motor Control

Motor Control in Older Adults
Design Guidelines That Help Older Adults (and Others!)

Chapter 5. Hearing and Speech

Age-Related Changes in Hearing
Age-Related Changes in Speech
Design Guidelines That Help Older Adults (and Others!)

Chapter 6. Cognition

Cognition in Older Adults
Design Guidelines That Help Older Adults (and Others!)

Chapter 7. Knowledge

Digital Technology Knowledge Gap in Older Adults
Design Guidelines That Help Older Adults (and Others!)

Chapter 8. Search

Age-Related Differences in Keyword Search
Design Guidelines That Help Older Adults (and Others!)

Chapter 9. Attitude

Older Adults’ Attitudes Toward Technology Usage
Design Guidelines That Help Older Adults (and Others!)

Chapter 10. Working With Older Adults

Older Adults as Participants in Design and Evaluation
Guidelines for Working With Older Adults

Chapter 11. Case Studies

Overview
eCAALYX TV User Interface
Smart Companion to GoLivePhone
ASSISTANT, a Support Tool for Elders Using Public Transportation
Subaru Auto Infotainment System
Virtual Third-Age Simulator for Web Accessibility

Chapter 12. Summary and Conclusions

Combinations of Age Differences
Parting Words

Title Reviews

"In the past decade research on the different needs of older users and the ways that user interfaces can be designed to suit older people has expanded considerably. Johnson and Finn have gathered this research to create a valuable and readable guide towards the art of designing for older people."–Dan Hawthorne, UNITEC Institute of Technology, information Systems and Computing Department (New Zealand)

ISBN: 9780128044674

Page Count: 258

Retail Price (USD) :

Johnson, Designing with the Mind in Mind, 2e, 9780124079144, Morgan Kaufmann, 2014, $49.95
Baxter, Understanding Your Users, 2e, 9780128002322, Morgan Kaufmann, 2015, $59.95
Lazar, Ensuring Digital Accessibility through Process and Policy, 9780128006467, Morgan Kaufmann, 2015, $59.95

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