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A Usable Mobile Islamic Calendar for Elderly Users

A Usable Mobile Islamic Calendar for Elderly Users

Fariza Hanis Abdul Razak, Nur Farhana Abdullah
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 15
ISBN13: 9781466694385|ISBN10: 1466694386|EISBN13: 9781466694392
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9438-5.ch002
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Razak, Fariza Hanis Abdul, and Nur Farhana Abdullah. "A Usable Mobile Islamic Calendar for Elderly Users." Critical Socio-Technical Issues Surrounding Mobile Computing, edited by Norshidah Mohamed, et al., IGI Global, 2016, pp. 30-44. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9438-5.ch002

APA

Razak, F. H. & Abdullah, N. F. (2016). A Usable Mobile Islamic Calendar for Elderly Users. In N. Mohamed, T. Mantoro, M. Ayu, & M. Mahmud (Eds.), Critical Socio-Technical Issues Surrounding Mobile Computing (pp. 30-44). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9438-5.ch002

Chicago

Razak, Fariza Hanis Abdul, and Nur Farhana Abdullah. "A Usable Mobile Islamic Calendar for Elderly Users." In Critical Socio-Technical Issues Surrounding Mobile Computing, edited by Norshidah Mohamed, et al., 30-44. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9438-5.ch002

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Abstract

Calendar is a tool that tells us a date. While Gregorian calendars have been used worldwide, Hijrah calendar becomes a choice for Muslims. This Islamic calendar helps tells a user a date in Islam. Our previous study suggested that the Muslim elderly preferred to have Islamic mobile calendar. Despite abundance of Islamic mobile calendar applications, little was known whether any of them were usable for the elderly users. This study recommends a usable design of an Islamic mobile calendar for Muslim elderly users. To do this, a user test with five elderly participants was carried out and two existing Islamic calendars were used as probes. Later, two interfaces were produced and tested with our elderly participants. Based on the results and design principles, the interfaces of the Islamic mobile calendar have further been improved.

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