{"product_id":"designing-user-interfaces-for-an-aging-population-towards-universal-design-paperback-9780128044674","title":"Designing User Interfaces for an Aging Population; Towards Universal Design (Paperback) 9780128044674","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDesigning User Interfaces for an Aging Population\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTowards Universal Design\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003eLearn how design decisions can facilitate or hinder usability by a large portion of potential users, in this case, an aging population\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJeff Johnson (Author), Kate Finn (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780128044674, Elsevier Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 8 March 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e258 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 19 x 1.7 cm, 0.52 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\" \u003cb\u003e–Dan Hawthorne, UNITEC Institute of Technology, information Systems and Computing Department (New Zealand)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDesigning User Interfaces for an Aging Population: Towards Universal Design\u003c\/i\u003e presents age-friendly design guidelines that are well-established, agreed-upon, research-based, actionable, and applicable across a variety of modern technology platforms. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIt 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. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe authors explore characteristics of aging via realistic personas which demonstrate the impact of design decisions on actual users over age 55.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction2. Meet Some Older Adults3. Vision4. Motor Control5. Hearing and Speech6. Cognition7. Knowledge8. Search9. Attitude10. Working With Older Adults11. Case Studies12. Summary and Conclusions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Human-computer interaction [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Human-computer interaction\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Human-computer%20interaction%20%5BUYZ%5D%22\"\u003eUYZ\u003c\/a\u003e], Enterprise software [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Enterprise software\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Enterprise%20software%20%5BUFL%5D%22\"\u003eUFL\u003c\/a\u003e], Medical bioinformatics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Medical bioinformatics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Medical%20bioinformatics%20%5BMBF%5D%22\"\u003eMBF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Morgan Kaufmann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46648334942488,"sku":"9780128044674","price":28.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780128044674.jpg?v=1694090678","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/designing-user-interfaces-for-an-aging-population-towards-universal-design-paperback-9780128044674","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}