Interface design for Elderly

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We have a windows application which are used by government offices in Europe. Some of the users are elderly people and have problem using the application. Mainly the font size. Can some body point to best practice for UI design which can be flexible.

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Arun

Posted 9-Apr-14 19:30pm

ArunRajendra

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Richard MacCutchan 10-Apr-14 6:04am

You need to talk to a graphic designer for the best fonts to use. You can also add a feature that allows the user to increas the font size.

ArunRajendra 10-Apr-14 6:36am

Ok Thanks Richard. Please share any reference if you have.

ZurdoDev 10-Apr-14 7:24am

I would imagine that the European government's have a style template already. Have you checked with them?

Richard MacCutchan 10-Apr-14 8:18am

Yes, created by Design Consultants at a cost in excess of €100,000.

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Paulo Augusto Kunzel · Answer 1 · 2014-04-10T01:55:00

Hello Arun

It is hard to put it all in an answer. But you might benefit from the following links:
http://www.csun.edu/~scaesar/school/sed600/HowUniversalisGoodDesignforOlderUsers.pdf[^] : Talks about how little work on application design exists for older users and tips on the subject. This is probably the best solution for you.

http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:416488/FULLTEXT01.pdf[^]: Similar to the above, but the article is way bigger. It might be quite helpful, but I don't know how much depth you need. Have a look at page 8 on Cognitive Decline and and page 20 starting on user friendly technologies.

http://www.guide-project.eu/includes/requestFile.php?id=118&pub=2[^]: a handbook of recommended practices and design principles aimed at usability for elderly.

Well, that is what I have. Luckly for you I had something similar at university not so long ago... This should get you started, for more you will probably have to google/yahoo/bing it, a lot...

Regards