고령자를 배려한 모바일 애플리케이션 UI에 관한 연구

초록

The penetration rate of smartphone is increasing and the way of acquiring information is changing toward mobile services. Accordingly, “Mobile Application Content Accessibility Guideline 2.0” has been established as Korea’s national standard so that information-vulnerable groups including elderly people could easily utilize mobile services. The purpose of this study is to examine how the mobile environment provided by Korea’s representative portal sites regards vulnerable classes, and to facilitate accessibility for elderly people to acquire information easily. The research method is as follows. First, the characteristics of the mobile application UI and the range of the elderly using it were determined and their characteristics were researched. Second, we investigated the study on the environment that minimizes the inconvenience of the elderly using the mobile and reviewed the previous research related to the UI design considering elderly people. Third, we analyzed the mobile application environment of Korea’s representative portal sites ‘Naver’ and ‘Daum’ based on the guideline 2.0. As a result of the analysis, the service satisfies the national standard guide in general. However, it has been confirmed that it is structurally difficult to completely follow the national guidelines due to the fact that a page showing third party contents through a link. Also, difficulties have been found due to the limited screen size of the mobile devices and technical differences due to the version of the device. Therefore, the integration guidelines of the external influx UI are needed, and optimization work is required for each device.

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