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