title: Designing a Facebook interface for senior users.
abstract: The adoption of social networks by older adults has increased in recent years. However, many still cannot make use of social networks as these are simply not adapted to them. Through a series of direct observations, interviews, and focus groups, we identified recommendations for the design of social networks targeting seniors. Based on these, we developed a prototype for tablet devices, supporting sharing and viewing Facebook content. We then conducted a user study comparing our prototype with Facebook's native mobile application. We have found that Facebook's native application does not meet senior users concerns, like privacy and family focus, while our prototype, designed in accordance with the collected recommendations, supported relevant use cases in a usable and accessible manner.
authors.affiliation: LaSIGE, University of Lisbon, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: Gonçalo
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-5299-413X
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.affiliation: LaSIGE, University of Lisbon, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-1370-5379
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.affiliation: LaSIGE, University of Lisbon, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Coelho
authors.affiliation: LaSIGE, University of Lisbon, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-9455-6135
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Matos
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D061108:Social Media; D014584:User-Computer Interface