Effect of Web navigation style in elderly users

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Highlights:

• We designed two versions of the same webmail linear vs hypertextual navigation.

• We tested both versions with elderly users.

• The linear navigation obtained better usability and preference results.

• The linear navigation obtained a higher success rate than hypertextual navigation.

• Users obtained a lower performance time with the linear navigation.

摘要

•We designed two versions of the same webmail linear vs hypertextual navigation.•We tested both versions with elderly users.•The linear navigation obtained better usability and preference results.•The linear navigation obtained a higher success rate than hypertextual navigation.•Users obtained a lower performance time with the linear navigation.

论文关键词:Usability,Web navigation,Elderly,Web design

论文评审过程:Received 28 April 2015, Revised 16 October 2015, Accepted 25 October 2015, Available online 13 November 2015, Version of Record 13 November 2015.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.10.034