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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Older users"”.
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Examining older users’ online privacy-enhancing experience from a human-computer interaction perspective
… has been an excellent source of support for older adults. However, pervasive and continuous online tracking can pose severe threats to older adults’ information privacy. Surprisingly, very few empirical studies have focused on older users’ online privacy-enhancing experience from a …
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Evaluating the Role of Prior Experience in Inclusive Design
… with products and identified the problems real users’ experience through inadequate product design. The findings reveal that older participants’ ability to learn and transfer knowledge for successful product interaction may be adversely affected by design. Older users recognised fewer features …
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Participation in 280 Characters or Less: Estimating Network Structure Effects of Social Media Platforms on Political Participation
… to vote. This effect is strongest for young users of social media; they possess high levels of digital socialization compared to older users.
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The application of a three-phase methodology to design an accessible photo CD player for older adults with mildly impaired vision
… for designing accessible products for users with special needs was discussed. The effectiveness of the methodology was further evaluated through an application of the methodology to design an accessible Photo CD player for older adults with mildly impaired vision. Phase I involved …
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The ACCESS Framework: reinforcement learning for accessibility and cognitive support for older adults
… designed to address four issues with regards to older and novice users with accessibility needs – that they often do not know what support is available within their systems, that they often do not know how to change those settings they know exist, that they often lack the confidence to make the …
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Efficient Motion Planning for Wheeled Mobile Robotics
… an assisitive robot supporting the navigation of older users. The developed planner generates paths connecting different locations on the map, that are smooth and specifically tailored to optimize the comfort perceived by the human users. During the navigation, the system applies an efficient …
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TV in the Age of the Internet: Information Quality of Science Fiction TV Fansites
… public; larger sites being targeted towards older users; professional editors serving their own interests more than users'; wikis' greater user freedom attracting more invested and balanced writers; for-profit sites being more imposing upon, and less protecting of, users than non-profit …
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An exploration of design strategies and methods in the development of digital interactive television for older people
… of reliable and appropriate feedback from older adults, who have not grown up with the same familiarity and understanding of present day user interfaces as younger generations. More specifically, not only in terms of the development of ill-defined technologies (and their potential …
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Human-Centered System Design for an Aging Population: An Experimental Study of Footwear Design
… and processes to meet the wants and needs of older users. This master thesis develops an innovative methodology to address the complex systemic social-technological design challenges that this new longevity presents and applies this technology to a novel case study, the design of indoor …
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Digitala pengar : Nya villkor i det sociala livet
… recreations, is analysed in the light of its users’ understanding of the technology, and the ways in which they adopt it in their daily lives. The thesis applies a detailed perspective on daily life in order to understand people’s experiences of digital money. Digital money, just like cash, is …