[IxDA Discuss] Designing for children

[Mark Bardsley]

Rafa,

I found "Design criteria for children's Web portals: The users speak out"
(2001 - Large, Beheshti, Rahman) an article in JASIST to be useful in
answering "What do children like?" Although it is a bit dated, I think the
findings are still mostly valid.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/88512325/ABSTRACT

Of course you have to have access to JASIST articles but you can probably
get that through a library.

Abstract
Four focus groups were held with young Web users (10 to 13 years of age) to
explore design criteria for Web portals. The focus group participants
commented upon four existing portals designed with young users in mind: Ask
Jeeves for Kids, KidsClick, Lycos Zone, and Yahooligans! This article
reports their first impressions on using these portals, their likes and
dislikes, and their suggestions for improvements. Design criteria for
children's Web portals are elaborated based upon these comments under four
headings: portal goals, visual design, information architecture, and
personalization. An ideal portal should cater for both educational and
entertainment needs, use attractive screen designs based especially on
effective use of color, graphics, and animation, provide both keyword search
facilities and browsable subject categories, and allow individual user
personalization in areas such as color and graphics.


- Mark Bardsley


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Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 9:01 AM
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Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Designing for children

Merry Christmas to all!

Do anybody know about resources to design interfaces
for children. How do they react ? What kind of webs do
they like?

Best
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