Complexity of user interfaces: Can it be reduced by a mode key?

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 291-300

  Müsseler, Jochen ^a   Meinecke, Cristina ^b   Döbler, Johannes ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER KEYBOARDS; COMPUTER MONITORS; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; PERFORMANCE;

CONTROL PANELS; ICON KEY; MENU KEY; MODE KEY; USERFRIENDLY;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 0030232481     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014492996120076     Document Type: Article

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