The effecte of age and screen sizes on the usabilitiy of smartphones based on handwriting of English words on the Touchscreen

Other Title(s)

تأثير عمر المستخدم ز حجم الشاشات على سهولة استخدام الهواتف الذكية باستخدام كتابة الكلمات الإنجليزية على شاشة اللمس

Joint Authors

al-Shurah, Sulayman
Salim, Shirin

Source

Mu'tah Journal for Research and Studies : Natural and Applied Sciences Series

Issue

Vol. 35, Issue 1 (30 Jun. 2020), pp.13-32, 20 p.

Publisher

Mutah University Deanship of Academic Research

Publication Date

2020-06-30

Country of Publication

Jordan

No. of Pages

20

Main Subjects

Information Technology and Computer Science

Abstract EN

The aim of this study was to analyse the effect of age and screen sizes on the usability of smartphones based on touchscreen.

With a total of 42 participants, we compared usability between two age groups [younger (20-39 years) and elderly (60+ years)] and two screen sizes [small (3.5”) and large (7”)].

Each participant was requested to write 10 English words using their finger on the touchscreen, with finger movement time (MT) and finger pressure (FP) as measures of usability.

Elderly participants exhibited significantly longer MT, indicating less efficiency, but there were no significant differences in FP between the two age groups.

Small screen sizes led to significantly harder FP, indicating less sensitivity, but there were no significant differences in MT between the two screen sizes.

Given these results, designers should consider the response efficiency of elderly users and response sensitivity to small screen sizes in order to increase usability.

American Psychological Association (APA)

al-Shurah, Sulayman& Salim, Shirin. 2020. The effecte of age and screen sizes on the usabilitiy of smartphones based on handwriting of English words on the Touchscreen. Mu'tah Journal for Research and Studies : Natural and Applied Sciences Series،Vol. 35, no. 1, pp.13-32.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-964070

Modern Language Association (MLA)

al-Shurah, Sulayman& Salim, Shirin. The effecte of age and screen sizes on the usabilitiy of smartphones based on handwriting of English words on the Touchscreen. Mu'tah Journal for Research and Studies : Natural and Applied Sciences Series Vol. 35, no. 1 (2020), pp.13-32.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-964070

American Medical Association (AMA)

al-Shurah, Sulayman& Salim, Shirin. The effecte of age and screen sizes on the usabilitiy of smartphones based on handwriting of English words on the Touchscreen. Mu'tah Journal for Research and Studies : Natural and Applied Sciences Series. 2020. Vol. 35, no. 1, pp.13-32.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-964070

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references : p. 29-32

Record ID

BIM-964070