Joanna McGrenere
Department of Computer Science
University of British Columbia
Vancouver
Canada
pgraf@psych.ubc.ca, hywli@interchange.ubc.ca & joanna@cs.ubc.ca
Current interface design guidelines encompass only a subset of the relevant human-factors data, and seem to have evolved more from intuition than systematic empirical research. In order to close the young-old digital gap, we advocate the development of guidelines that are more firmly anchored in a comprehensive understanding of adult lifespan developments in cognition, learning style as well as personality and attitude, supported by research on their validity and reliability.
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