Mike Paciello
ABSTRACT
The Third Age Web - a usable Web designed to accommodate older adults - embraces the principles of user centered design; that is, a world wide web that is engaging, interactive, easy-to-use, navigable and otherwise relevant to the information & communication technology needs of Third Age users.
Really, though, who and what are older adults? Is it possible to clearly characterize, classify, and precisely catalog their user needs? If so, how? Once we've learned how, can we transfer findings to the web to ensure contextual, functional and meaningful user interaction?
This presentation proposes a design process that accentuates the Web Accessibility Initiative's (WAI) creation of user personas in the world of individuals with disabilities and complements it through the growing phenomena of storytelling.
Index Terms
- The third age web: empathic design achieved through persona development & storytelling (keynote)
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