The essay made the research of usability of the online shopping site interface for the elderly. Fisrst, it gives the neccesarity of the website interface design, introducing the basic theory of the website interface design and website usability and it's development process, as well as the user research method.Second, the essay continues to the definition of the main website research users and the requirement analysis of the elderly which includes the user definition, user characteristic analysis, user shopping decition and behavior features, user online shopping requirements and behavior features.Third, after the usability index of the website interface has been set, research model was built and real samples were collected and evaluated. In the aspect of web layout and visual effect design, the author first select two typical shopping sites for the usability test and then review the test process to find out problems in the design. At last, the essay list how to do the online shopping site interface design for the elderly including navigation design, page layout design, web color design, animation design, icon design and font design when considering the aspect of usability.At last, according to the research and analysis result, the essay gave the conclusion and design suggestion. Also it concludes the aspects need to improve in the research and draw the future research direction. |