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Because kids still have a sense of exploring their world and will try things because they aren't sure how things work. So when something doesn't work, they will try a different way. Children tend to be more creative than adults as they are less constrained my experience. Older adults have years of life confirming that things should be done in a particular ...

(Fill in the curly braces { } below with whatever fits.) Hiya kids! My job's making websites fun. Who can name a website? [Open the website if there's a computer available. Have a local kids' site ready if none of the kids respond. If no computer is available, make a large paper prototype ahead of time.] [The following should explain information ...

For starters, the definition of child resistant packaging states: To be child-resistant, 85% of tested children less than 5 years old must not be able to open the package within 5 minutes (this means 15% of children can open the package quickly), and 90% of tested adults must be able to open and properly close the package within 5 minutes. I ...

I dont think you will get a definite answer to this since the colors you choose will have to mesh well with your game design and background. However I would recommend making the choices prominent and if possible use pictorial representations to show what each level might be. here is a good example : Alternatively you could go with a color scheme which ...

I found this link which might help you to answer why kids perform better than adults sometimes. Hope the big article helps to some extent :) This is a part of discussion between two experts and the interviewer. Just an excerpt from the same page: TKF: My daughter and I are learning the pedal harp, and I find I progress much slower than she does. She ...

European ski slopes also have black. Mountain bike trails are also green, blue, red and black. Since this project is for younger ages, I'd skip the black. Such sporting activities as skiing, biking and others also make use of shapes to further differentiate, rather than using colours alone - thus appealing (or not) to the subconscious. So for example a ...

A lot of this depends on the framing: i.e. "What age are children supposed to be deterred most by the packaging?" I bet the cases mentioned of "parents letting their kids (supervised) open child resistant-packages" do not refer to 4-year olds, but more likely 8-year-old-plus kids. At the extreme if you use a quasi-legal definition of "children" as ...

As you have stated, it is never the intention of these packaging requirements to make the packaging easier for children to open than adults. In fact any packaging that cannot be opened by 90% of seniors (aged 50–70) fail the packaging tests themselves (16 CFR § 1700.20). The test for seniors—16 CFR § 1700.20(a)(3)—requires the following: 100 senior ...

Your logo looks big enough that most users (kids or otherwise) ought to mouse over it if they're confused about how to get to the homepage. I would suggest a mouseover on the logo that displays a home icon or similar text to reinforce that concept. Kids are quite adept at picking up patterns though so it would be wise to spend an hour or two researching ...

The cursor should show the current active state of potential interaction. When over the Canvas, it should display the tool's cursor. When over the interface, it should show the typical selection cursor. The cursor is a hint for what happens when the user interacts (clicks) with the current item. You don't paint buttons; you click them, so the cursor should ...

The correct answer is "whatever works best for your target audience". You should perform some discovery testing using the varying approaches you're considering with representative users and a simple task of navigating back to the homepage from within the game. The answer may surprise you, but will be based on some real data versus conjecture as to the ...

That depends on the goal of the game. I assume it is educational in nature, so the question then is whether you are trying to test or encourage speed in answering or simply trying to get the kids to learn something. If the goal is linked to speed (like say the multiplication tables), then I would say that it is acceptable to include some sort of timer. I ...

It depends what you're trying to teach the kids 6-14 years of age. To be able to answer within a time limit for the benefit of...? To answer a question correct, without the timing aspect of the game. Both ways are "correct" in a sense, since kids usually have no problem understanding the timer issue in games. But I guess you have the answer in your game ...

I believe a counting timer puts a lot of stress, both kids and adults. It draws the attention, and emphasizes the time limit. In some situations it could help boost excitement, and feeling of competing against time, like you see sometimes in TV shows. This draw this conclusion after some experience in developing and conducting psychological experiments, ...

"Sometimes easier to open" may man one of these: there are some child-resistant packages that are easier to open by children there are some chilren that find opening child-resistant packages easier than adults there are some reports of children opening the child-resistant packages easier than adults This division is important, because each of the three ...

Few thoughts The one who doesn't know tries every way but the one who knows tries one from his known ways. Also there is a gap in the attention when you know you could do and when you have to figure out first how to do. Sometimes "I know how to do" attitude acts as barrier and stops your learning process altogether. I have personally experienced such ...

Worth researching the term divergent thinking which is especially applicable to children and which as we age, we loose the ability to do for a variety of reasons... This may partly explain your question/hypothesis... There is a remarkable talk by Sir Ken Robinson on changing educational paradigms at the RSA in London, which includes references to divergent ...

From my observation (well, the initial part may be not very much about UX, but I have two daughters as well, and a lot of friends with children in the same age) children at the age of 6/7 start being more oriented on results than before. For younger children, the higher you put the difficulty, the less they will be interested in continuing the game. When ...