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Papers/Notes: Seniors Using Technologies

Tuesday, April 13
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

 PointAssist for Older Adults: Analyzing Sub-Movement Characteristics to Aid in Pointing Tasks
Juan Pablo Hourcade, University of Iowa, United States
Christopher M. Nguyen, University of Iowa, United States
Keith B. Perry, University of Iowa, United States
Natalie L. Denburg, University of Iowa, United States

Evaluation of a novel approach to assist older adults in pointing tasks. Discussion of differences with young children and correlations with neuropsychological tests.

Steadied-Bubbles: Combining Techniques to Address Pen-Based Pointing Errors for Younger and Older Adults
Karyn Moffatt, University of British Columbia, Canada
Joanna McGrenere, University of British Columbia, Canada

Older adults struggle with pen-based selection. We extend existing mouse-based and younger-user-targeted techniques and show that technique performance is task dependent. As such, combining techniques offers the best support overall.

Learning to text: An interaction analytic study of how seniors learn to enter text on mobile phones
Alexandra Weilenmann, Gothenburg University, Sweden

Analysis of how senior users learn to enter text on their mobile phones. Implications for how we design for the aging population, and for how we think about novice users.