According to this brief New Scientist article, women may be up to 20 percent slower than men in navigating a computer-generated 3D world. Of course, no one thought to provide directional facilities in this 3D world, which would lend a significant advantage to women…
“Yes, can you tell me how to get to Virtual Main Street? My husband’s lost and he won’t ask for directions…”
Jokes aside, this makes me curious as to what gender-differences exist (and hence, should be accounted for) when dealing with UIs. This fits into my larger curiousity about how to design UIs that adapt to different learning styles. Educational approaches have been learning to adapt to these learning styles for years, but I’ve never seen a synthesis of knowlege from that field with UI knowledge.
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