The number and proportion of older people in developed countries is rapidly increasing and it is imperative to consider how technology design can meet the needs and wants of this important user group. For example, the proportion of those in the UK who are over 60 is expected to increase from 20% in the year 2000 to 27% by 2025 (Census, 2005) and there are already more people in the UK over 60 than there are under 16. Older people currently control a large proportion of the wealth in developed countries, and many have a substantial disposable income. There is also no evidence that they are particularly averse to using new technologies, if those technologies are appropriately designed and introduced (Demiris et al., 2004). The older population, therefore presents a sizeable market opportunity for the IT industry together with a challenge to discover how new technologies can be effectively designed for this group. In addition, the increasing proportion of older people will lead to a significant increase in the numbers needing support for daily activities and in those needing long term care. Technology presents one important avenue for providing such support, but only if it meets actual needs in appropriate ways and can be used effectively. Taken together, these conditions provide strong imperatives for investigating human–computer interaction for the older population.

Article Free Access Share on Designing a “front panel” for Unix: the evolution of a metaphor Authors: Jay Lundell Corvallis User Interface Lab Hewlett Packard MS 4UE3, 1000 N.E. Circle Blvd., Corvallis, OR Corvallis User Interface Lab Hewlett Packard MS 4UE3, 1000 N.E. Circle Blvd., Corvallis, ORView Profile , Steve Anderson User Interaction Design Group, Hewlett Packard, 1266 Kifer Road, Sunnyvale, CA User Interaction Design Group, Hewlett Packard, 1266 Kifer Road, Sunnyvale, CAView Profile Authors Info & Claims CHI '95: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing SystemsMay 1995 Pages 573–580https://doi.org/10.1145/223904.223983Published:01 May 1995Publication History 7citation321DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations7Total Downloads321Last 12 Months22Last 6 weeks4 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be sent to:You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.To manage your alert preferences, click on the button below.Manage my AlertsNew Citation Alert!Please log in to your account Save to BinderSave to BinderCreate a New BinderNameCancelCreateExport CitationPublisher SiteView all FormatsPDF

Article Human factors in software development: models, techniques, and outcomes Share on Authors: Jay Lundell Hewlett Packard, 3404 E. Harmony Road, Fort Collins, CO Hewlett Packard, 3404 E. Harmony Road, Fort Collins, COView Profile , Mark Notess Hewlett Packard, 3404 E. Harmony Road, Fort Collins, CO Hewlett Packard, 3404 E. Harmony Road, Fort Collins, COView Profile Authors Info & Claims CHI '91: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing SystemsApril 1991 Pages 145–151https://doi.org/10.1145/108844.108866Online:01 March 1991Publication History 6citation985DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations6Total Downloads985Last 12 Months9Last 6 weeks1 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be sent to:You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.To manage your alert preferences, click on the button below.Manage my AlertsNew Citation Alert!Please log in to your account Save to BinderSave to BinderCreate a New BinderNameCancelCreateExport CitationPublisher SiteGet Access