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". . . if it's easier to use and it speaks to their needs, they'll love it. And if something is easier for a 65-year-old to use, it's going to be easier for a 35-year-old to use."- Marc HottenrothWhat are the usability needs of retirees? Some of Nielsen's heuristics on usability for seniorssuggested the following [1]:
Here are some additional heurstics from an NIH report on making Websites senior-friendly [2]:
Along with the iOS Human Interface Guidelines [3], our goal was to keep the above usability heuristics in mind during design. [1] http://www.useit.com/alertbox/seniors.html [2] http://www.nih.gov/icd/od/ocpl/resources/wag/documents/checklist.pdf [3] iOS Human Interface Guidelines |
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Basic Interaction Design Spring 2011 | Human-Computer Interaction Institute | Carnegie Mellon University |