TY - GEN
T1 - Evaluating the design, use and learnability of household products for older individuals
AU - Wilkinson, Christopher
AU - Langdon, Patrick
AU - Clarkson, P. John
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Assessing the usability of products, interfaces and artefacts from an inclusive design perspective can widen cross-market acceptability and adoption, enhancing their potential commercial success. This paper is part of ongoing research that attempts to evaluate the design of existing products on the market, in terms of usability and learnability, with a view to improving these facets where deficiencies become apparent across user populations. Individuals were assessed according to the development of their product understanding during increased product exposure, providing concurrent protocol whilst product interaction occurred. The extent of participants' technological familiarity was also investigated to determine how prior experience may affect product interaction performance. Age related differences were evident in both approaches to problem solving and extent of technological familiarity, and this also impacted overall interactional performance.
AB - Assessing the usability of products, interfaces and artefacts from an inclusive design perspective can widen cross-market acceptability and adoption, enhancing their potential commercial success. This paper is part of ongoing research that attempts to evaluate the design of existing products on the market, in terms of usability and learnability, with a view to improving these facets where deficiencies become apparent across user populations. Individuals were assessed according to the development of their product understanding during increased product exposure, providing concurrent protocol whilst product interaction occurred. The extent of participants' technological familiarity was also investigated to determine how prior experience may affect product interaction performance. Age related differences were evident in both approaches to problem solving and extent of technological familiarity, and this also impacted overall interactional performance.
KW - Inclusive Design
KW - Prior Experience
KW - Product Interaction Learning
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-21663-3_27
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-21663-3_27
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79960311089
SN - 9783642216626
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 250
EP - 259
BT - Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction
T2 - 6th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, UAHCI 2011, Held as Part of HCI International 2011
Y2 - 9 July 2011 through 14 July 2011
ER -