An Analitic Approach to Evaluate Flexible Mobile User Interfaces for the Elderly

Vinícius P. Gonçalves, Vânia P. A. Neris, Jó Ueyama, Sibelius Seraphini

2012

Abstract

It is necessary to provide interfaces that meet the highest possible number of elderly users, regardless of their sensory, physical, cognitive and emotional abilities. Although the literature reports research related to interaction diversity and tailorable interfaces, there are few studies on methods and techniques to evaluate adjustable interfaces. This paper presents an analytical approach based on the evaluation of flexible mobile user interfaces for the elderly. A case study with evaluation experts applied this approach to an executable prototype, and the impressions of the evaluators about this structure were highlighted.

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P. Gonçalves V., P. A. Neris V., Ueyama J. and Seraphini S. (2012). An Analitic Approach to Evaluate Flexible Mobile User Interfaces for the Elderly . In Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-8565-12-9, pages 91-96. DOI: 10.5220/0003999900910096


in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceis12,
author={Vinícius P. Gonçalves and Vânia P. A. Neris and Jó Ueyama and Sibelius Seraphini},
title={An Analitic Approach to Evaluate Flexible Mobile User Interfaces for the Elderly},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,},
year={2012},
pages={91-96},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003999900910096},
isbn={978-989-8565-12-9},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,
TI - An Analitic Approach to Evaluate Flexible Mobile User Interfaces for the Elderly
SN - 978-989-8565-12-9
AU - P. Gonçalves V.
AU - P. A. Neris V.
AU - Ueyama J.
AU - Seraphini S.
PY - 2012
SP - 91
EP - 96
DO - 10.5220/0003999900910096