An Empirical Study of Smartphone Platforms Usability: A Study

Abstract

Smartphones with touchscreen-based interfaces are more and more used by non-technical organizations which includes the elderly. However, application developers have little understanding of just how senior customers interact with their goods and of how you can design senior-friendly interfaces. However, the incorporation on the most basic' ease of using for all' front is nevertheless really lagging. Although new exciting features are actually innovated and developed on pace, however there remains an enormous gap for adequately supplementing the usability quotient of smartphones that's currently inferior in comparison to the desktop computer methods. Humans with varying ages, cognitive structures, experience based psychological models as well as perceptions of reality eye smartphones differently. This inherent heterogeneity is actually one of the most burdening issues in smartphone adaptability as well as usability occurrence. To focus on this crucial and highly practical usability problem, a relative investigation of the usability analysis for the smartphone platforms (iOS & Android) thinking about the requirements of older individuals is actually conducted.