Interface Usability for Old People

During one of our sessions we wanted to discuss the need for creating a visual application which would be appreciated by the elder user. We came up with the following points that needed to be considered:

• Present larger targets.
• Clear confirmation of target capture – large visual changes
• Should NOT have a double click feature
• Relevant graphics only – no animation
• Give location of current page
• Steer clear of scrollbars
• Avoid blue and green tones

Here are some of the resources which aided our discussion:

http://blog.fawny.org/2005/11/12/elder/
http://www-edc.eng.cam.ac.uk/~jag76/hci_workshop06/proposal.pdf