Adapting usability heuristics to evaluate Facebook according to elderly

Autores

  • Ivana Harari UNLP Universidad Nacional de La Plata
  • Javier Francisco Diaz UNLP Universidad Nacional de La Plata
  • Sandra Baldasarri Universidad de Zaragoza

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5965/2316796307132018203

Resumo

A usability inspection is an evaluation method carried out by one or more experts in HCI, individuals with solid theoretical and practical foundations for the formal and objective observation of a product. One of the most used methods is the heuristic evaluation, a term coined by Jakob Nielsen in 1989 that consists of using a set of usability heuristics to examine a product and analyze its degree of compliance. Due to the ever-growing use of Facebook by older adults, a heuristic evaluation of this application is carried out in this article, where principles of usability have been adapted to fit the profile of an older adult and the interaction with collaborative aspects and groupware functions that are characteristic of social networks. The results of this process of inspection will be of utmost importance to understand whether the current applications consider the older adult as a possible user, respecting principles of usability consistent with their profile.

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Biografia do Autor

Ivana Harari, UNLP Universidad Nacional de La Plata

Investigadora del LINTI Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Nuevas Tecnologías Informáticas
Profesora Asociada de la Facultad de Informática desde 2015. Profesora Adjunta de la Facultad de Informática desde 1998 a 2015.

Areas de investigación y docencia: Usabilidad y Accesibilidad Web. Diseño centrado en el usuario.

 

 

Javier Francisco Diaz, UNLP Universidad Nacional de La Plata

Profesor de la Facultad de Informática

Director del LINTI Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Nuevas Tecnologías Informáticas

Director del CeSPI Centro de Procesamiento de la Información de la UNLP

Sandra Baldasarri, Universidad de Zaragoza

Ph.D. in Computer Science.

Profesora del Departamento de Informática e Ingeniería de Sistemas (DIIS) Escuela de Ingeniería y Arquitectura

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Publicado

2018-05-16

Como Citar

HARARI, Ivana; DIAZ, Javier Francisco; BALDASARRI, Sandra. Adapting usability heuristics to evaluate Facebook according to elderly. Human Factors in Design, Florianópolis, v. 7, n. 13, p. 203–226, 2018. DOI: 10.5965/2316796307132018203. Disponível em: https://periodicos.udesc.br/index.php/hfd/article/view/2316796307132018203. Acesso em: 28 mar. 2024.