Table 1 Comparisons of four GUI interface designed for children
From: Graphical interface design for children seeking information in a digital library
Children-specific interface | User behavior | Interface type/display of information node and icon design | Collection type |
|---|---|---|---|
Bücherschatz | Children (age of 8–10) click the mouse on topic (text) cards to access book descriptions or lower level topic cards. | The graphical user interface has three levels. The first level includes three pictures with text; the second and third levels display up to ten topic cards (rectangular shape) in each level. | Online public access catalogs, collections of children’s topics in children’s libraries, and form KID’S CATALOG (Dynix). |
The International Children Digital Library (ICDL) | Children (age, 3–13 years) click icons grouped by reading level, book-cover color, book length, and book content characters for conjunctive searches. | The graphical user interface with a central window is shown on the searched book-cover, and the icon groups are arranged along four sides of the window. | Digital collection for children read online, on 2012, which includes 4,643 books in 61 languages. |
Internet Public Library-ipl2 For Kids | Children and teens recognize list texts in line-by-line searches of the target website. | The web interface has a 2-level hierarchy: the first level includes of 9 icons with text; the second level displays a text-listed of websites. | Online digital library for children; merges the collections of resources from the Internet Public Library (IPL) and the Librarians’ Internet Index (LII) websites. |
The Library virtual environment | Children and teens (Grade six) use virtual search stations to conduct keyword and term searches. | The graphical user interface uses the metaphor of a physical library with rooms, bookcases and books. The searching results are displayed as red dots on the floor plan of a library. | 1500 links to English-language websites on Canadian history. |
(Beheshti 2012) |