Interactive decision support and adaptive Web interfaces for enhancing the online experience of older adults

随着世界上大多数发达国家的人口平均年龄的增长，互联网用户的人口也出现了类似的趋势。在许多情况下，老年人是个人和工作环境中增长最快的电脑和互联网用户群体。然而，老年人作为在线用户的需求和关注点与年轻用户不同，这是由于他们经历的各种身体和认知限制，这些限制与衰老引起的自然变化有关。这些限制给使用在线界面的这一用户组带来了许多挑战，也使他们难以在在线环境中做出高质量的决策。这种情况最终使老年人无法充分利用互联网，并导致他们对整体上网体验不太满意。

As the populations of most of the worlds developed nations experience an increase in average age, a similar trend is being observed in the population of Internet users. In many cases, older adults are the fastest growing computer and Internet user group in both personal and workplace contexts. However, the needs and concerns of older adults as online users differ from those of younger users as a result of the various physical and cognitive limitations they experience which are associated the natural changes due to aging. Such limitations result in many challenges for this user group with the online interface as well as difficulties in being able to make high quality decisions in the online environment. This situation ultimately deprives older adults from reaping the full utility of the Internet and causing them to be less satisfied with their overall online experience.