
Designing User Interfaces for an Aging Population
Towards Universal Design
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Description
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
Readership
Developers, product designers, usability professionals, students in related disciplines or psychology
Table of Contents
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
Product details
- No. of pages: 258
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Morgan Kaufmann 2017
- Published: February 16, 2017
- Imprint: Morgan Kaufmann
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128044674
- eBook ISBN: 9780128045121
About the Authors
Jeff Johnson

Affiliations and Expertise
Kate Finn
Affiliations and Expertise
Ratings and Reviews
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Jeff P. Tue May 05 2020
Designing User Interfaces For An Aging Population
I am an Environmental Gerontologist. I teach "Design For Aging Populations" at Parsons School of Design in NYC. I adopted and used Johnson and Finn's book as one of three required texts. My students took away a great deal from this book. What made it an effective teaching tool was the "Case-Study" technique introduced in Chapter 2, "Meet Some Older Adults," and then continued throughout the book. My students enjoyed following all 6 of these Seniors in chapter after chapter. These case-studies humanized the material for my students. Thank you, Johnson & Finn