Paper Title
Design Techniques for Elderly Users to Start Applications
Abstract
Technology can be used to create the relationship, activities and collaborate elder with their family. In the past,
technology is the advanced thing for the elders. Its functionalities are very complex and understand difficulty. It is growing
slightly from irrelevant thing to very significant thing in our lives. In the present, there are many different types of
technology to make the people lives conveniently. The elder cannot remember the complex of applications. Therefore, the
simple functionalities and appearances for the elders like font, size, color, text printing format, and alignment are very
interesting to study. This research thus endeavors to create techniques design - advanced elements to support the elders to
use application or technology for them. The sample group of questionnaires is the elders in Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok,
Thailand who retire from their works in Bangkok area. The 30 random people between 40-65 years old were sampled. The
results of graphic, color, and shape experiments were analyzed via statistic frequency and percentage. In this paper, it can be
noticed that the manual of application consists of messaging, sending graphic like stickers, and video calling topics. The
vector graphic should be used in application. Simple font type and large size should be implemented in the application. The
elders in our work can start to use the application themselves up to 60%.
Keywords - Elderly Users, Usability, User manual, Elderly, Universal design