The number of older people is rapidly increasing in most of the countries around the world and al... more The number of older people is rapidly increasing in most of the countries around the world and also their use of the Internet is increasing. They daily use Internet for searching various information and that too through different search engines. Search user interface is a way of communication and interaction between users and search engines to obtain the target information. Previously technologies were designed to improve human being’s daily life, but among elderly people specific needs are often neglected. Those available technology designs could be very much difficult for the older ones to learn and use. Thus, this trend attracts the researchers to take a look on the web search activity for the usage of elders in professional as well as business fields. Even though there is a significant growth in this field of research, there hasn’t been any attempts made for systematically analyzing and utilizing the researches from previous papers to make it usable for the current research purp...
International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications
The elderly population is increasing in many countries, often with health and incapacity challeng... more The elderly population is increasing in many countries, often with health and incapacity challenges, largely disengaged them from the world of digital tools like Internet usage. They browse the Internet daily for obtaining needed information through various search engines through the search UI. Earlier technologies were fabricated for improving daily life, but the specific needs of the elderly are neglected often. Currently, available online search UIs are well-developed, but they did not consider usability in their design specifically for the elderly. This research aims to evaluate web search UIs based on the elderly perspectives to identify existing search UIs usability issues and recommend improvements to web search UI designs. The observation technique evaluated two web search UIs (Google interface and Bing interface) with fifteen participants aged 60 years and above. System Usability Scale (SUS) questionnaire was applied to measure the user satisfaction of the current two interfaces. The data collected from the observations were analyzed using content analysis, while the data acquired from the questionnaires were analyzed using the t-test. The results revealed a statistically significant difference in SUS ratings, with Google scoring 73.5 and Bing scoring 66.5, indicating that users prefer the Google interface over the Bing interface. Besides that, the usability issues were identified, and recommendations to improve the design of the search UI were suggested. These findings contribute to a better understanding of the issues that prevent elderly users from using web search UI and valuable feedback to designers on improving the UI to suit the elderly better.
2021 International Congress of Advanced Technology and Engineering (ICOTEN), 2021
Since elderly users lack intellectual ability, which becomes less due to age factor their interac... more Since elderly users lack intellectual ability, which becomes less due to age factor their interactions with computer interfaces exhibit limitations essentially arising from problems inherent to their age. This is due to the minimal cognitive flow, physical impairments, and lack of knowledge about computers and technologies. All these factors are often analyzed by employing qualitative and quantitative research methods. The empathy map tool was used as the qualitative analysis method in this research study. To address this study objective, the study target group was elderly people 60 years and above, and the group consists of 15 volunteers, with seven females and eight males. Age is the only factor in this study. The test used in this study is the usability test to do seven search tasks by using Google engine and seven different search tasks with Bing engine individually by each volunteer. The observation method and note-taking are used in this study to collect data. Also, a SUS ques...
Now-a-days the number of older people or senior citizens are rapidly increasing across the world ... more Now-a-days the number of older people or senior citizens are rapidly increasing across the world and their need for the internet is also increasing mostly for information searching to make them up to date with the current trends and news. Therefore, they need a search user interface that is to be elderly-friendly so as to communicate with the computing system and to attain better results for their search task. The user interface is the only way of communication between the users and the computing systems. Currently, available user interfaces focus only on youngsters' needs and their recommendations to attract them, but the need for seniors is neglected, because of which the elders could not handle these complicated user interfaces for their search task and attain their target information. Thus, this topic is in trend today by the researchers to build a new type of user interface that can cope up with the elderly needs and to improve their daily life. Even though there exists a c...
International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications
Travelling has been known as one of the top-rated activities people do during their leisure time.... more Travelling has been known as one of the top-rated activities people do during their leisure time. In this digital time, people usually research before visiting a new place to avoid unpleasant events and to have a well-planned trip. Due to the complexity of search engine browsers, people have been switching to designated travelling applications. Travelling applications should be designed by taking into consideration user's needs and requirements; and usability. This research aims to design a travelling application based on a user-centred design approach and compare its performance on different platforms. Two prototypes of travelling applications were designed and evaluated; web-based and mobile-based. Then, System Usability Scale (SUS) questionnaire was used to evaluate the usability of the two prototypes. Pearson correlation coefficient test and t-test were used to analyses the data collected from the questionnaire. The results showed no statistically significant difference in SUS scores for both prototypes, which indicates that the participants do not prefer any of the prototypes more than another one.
The number of older people is rapidly increasing in most of the countries around the world and al... more The number of older people is rapidly increasing in most of the countries around the world and also their use of the Internet is increasing. They daily use Internet for searching various information and that too through different search engines. Search user interface is a way of communication and interaction between users and search engines to obtain the target information. Previously technologies were designed to improve human being’s daily life, but among elderly people specific needs are often neglected. Those available technology designs could be very much difficult for the older ones to learn and use. Thus, this trend attracts the researchers to take a look on the web search activity for the usage of elders in professional as well as business fields. Even though there is a significant growth in this field of research, there hasn’t been any attempts made for systematically analyzing and utilizing the researches from previous papers to make it usable for the current research purp...
International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications
The elderly population is increasing in many countries, often with health and incapacity challeng... more The elderly population is increasing in many countries, often with health and incapacity challenges, largely disengaged them from the world of digital tools like Internet usage. They browse the Internet daily for obtaining needed information through various search engines through the search UI. Earlier technologies were fabricated for improving daily life, but the specific needs of the elderly are neglected often. Currently, available online search UIs are well-developed, but they did not consider usability in their design specifically for the elderly. This research aims to evaluate web search UIs based on the elderly perspectives to identify existing search UIs usability issues and recommend improvements to web search UI designs. The observation technique evaluated two web search UIs (Google interface and Bing interface) with fifteen participants aged 60 years and above. System Usability Scale (SUS) questionnaire was applied to measure the user satisfaction of the current two interfaces. The data collected from the observations were analyzed using content analysis, while the data acquired from the questionnaires were analyzed using the t-test. The results revealed a statistically significant difference in SUS ratings, with Google scoring 73.5 and Bing scoring 66.5, indicating that users prefer the Google interface over the Bing interface. Besides that, the usability issues were identified, and recommendations to improve the design of the search UI were suggested. These findings contribute to a better understanding of the issues that prevent elderly users from using web search UI and valuable feedback to designers on improving the UI to suit the elderly better.
2021 International Congress of Advanced Technology and Engineering (ICOTEN), 2021
Since elderly users lack intellectual ability, which becomes less due to age factor their interac... more Since elderly users lack intellectual ability, which becomes less due to age factor their interactions with computer interfaces exhibit limitations essentially arising from problems inherent to their age. This is due to the minimal cognitive flow, physical impairments, and lack of knowledge about computers and technologies. All these factors are often analyzed by employing qualitative and quantitative research methods. The empathy map tool was used as the qualitative analysis method in this research study. To address this study objective, the study target group was elderly people 60 years and above, and the group consists of 15 volunteers, with seven females and eight males. Age is the only factor in this study. The test used in this study is the usability test to do seven search tasks by using Google engine and seven different search tasks with Bing engine individually by each volunteer. The observation method and note-taking are used in this study to collect data. Also, a SUS ques...
Now-a-days the number of older people or senior citizens are rapidly increasing across the world ... more Now-a-days the number of older people or senior citizens are rapidly increasing across the world and their need for the internet is also increasing mostly for information searching to make them up to date with the current trends and news. Therefore, they need a search user interface that is to be elderly-friendly so as to communicate with the computing system and to attain better results for their search task. The user interface is the only way of communication between the users and the computing systems. Currently, available user interfaces focus only on youngsters' needs and their recommendations to attract them, but the need for seniors is neglected, because of which the elders could not handle these complicated user interfaces for their search task and attain their target information. Thus, this topic is in trend today by the researchers to build a new type of user interface that can cope up with the elderly needs and to improve their daily life. Even though there exists a c...
International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications
Travelling has been known as one of the top-rated activities people do during their leisure time.... more Travelling has been known as one of the top-rated activities people do during their leisure time. In this digital time, people usually research before visiting a new place to avoid unpleasant events and to have a well-planned trip. Due to the complexity of search engine browsers, people have been switching to designated travelling applications. Travelling applications should be designed by taking into consideration user's needs and requirements; and usability. This research aims to design a travelling application based on a user-centred design approach and compare its performance on different platforms. Two prototypes of travelling applications were designed and evaluated; web-based and mobile-based. Then, System Usability Scale (SUS) questionnaire was used to evaluate the usability of the two prototypes. Pearson correlation coefficient test and t-test were used to analyses the data collected from the questionnaire. The results showed no statistically significant difference in SUS scores for both prototypes, which indicates that the participants do not prefer any of the prototypes more than another one.
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