Interfaces for the elderly
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- antonyjwhite
Anybody know of any good examples of interfaces that are user friendly to the elderly?
Or any articles about the development of them?
- d_rek0
I know that my grandma refuses to 'interface' with any technology that has been created in the last decade other than the dish network guide. She has a cell phone but the only thing she knows how to do is make a call and receive them though it. She wont check voicemail or text and refuses to learn how.
At the grocery store she wont use the self-checkout with the touch interface. She doesn't "trust" it. She waits in line for the clerk.
I took her to the bank recently that had a new ATM with a touch interface installed. She wanted money from the ATM but chose to go and see a teller instead because the machine "didn't have any buttons".
- yep, every older person i know is like this towards technology too. you're really designing for whomever uses the tech for them.doesnotexist
- themdoesnotexist
- Agree with all that. Anyone over 70 forget it.HAYZ1LLLA
- ESKEMA0
Big Buttons detailedely(?) labeled
- lukus_W20
I think it's rude to expect an elderly person to use a machine.
- cannonball19780
- call me aged, because this is what I need.zenmasterfoo
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- omg0
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- monkeyshine0
consider motor skills (make targets easy to click or touch) and allow for easy zoom of a page.
This may be too heady but a good start: http://www.mendeley.com/research…
