Aging , cognition and task complexity in the use of an on-line grocery shop

This paper presents a number of approaches for web access for elderly people including: web page authoring guidelines; modification by a proxy server; access through special purpose browsers; browser interfaces adaptors; and assistive systems. The authors present their position, which is that a combination of well-authored pages together with a browser interface adaptor and, where necessary, appropriate assistive systems may be the best approach.

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