Silva, Paula Alexandra and Leitao, Roxanne and Kerwin, Maureen (2017) Investigating activity zones on smartphones: An empirical study with older adults. In: Atas do EPCGI 2017 – 24º Encontro Português de Computação Gráfica e Interação. IEEE. ISBN 978-1-5386-2079-3

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Abstract

This paper investigates and extends existing knowledge on older adults' (65+) gestural interaction with smartphones. Specifically, it looks at the effect touch targets location has on older adults' performance of tap and swipe gestures. Two separate experiments, each with 40 participants, showed older adults' performance for tap is best toward the center, right edge, and bottom right corner of the smartphone's display. For horizontal swipe participants' performance is better with targets toward the bottom half of the display, while for vertical swipe performance is better with targets toward the right half of the display.

Item Type:	Book Section
Additional Information:	This paper was presented at 24º Encontro Português de Computação Gráfica e Interação - Portuguese Meeting on Computer Graphics and Interaction (EPCGI), 12-13 Oct 2017, Guimaraes, Portugal.
Keywords:	Smart phones; Tools; Sociology; Statistics; Aging; Testing; ergonomics; gesture recognition; touch sensitive screens; gestures; tap; smartphone; activity zones; targets location; older adults; Accessibility; Inclusive design; Swipe; Gestures;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Design Innovation Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Institutes > Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute, MUSSI
Item ID:	11919
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1109/EPCGI.2017.8124301
Depositing User:	Paula Alexandra Silva
Date Deposited:	29 Nov 2019 11:58
Publisher:	IEEE
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher Organisation
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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