Evaluation of key shapes on a touchscreen simulation of a specialised keypad

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 375-379

  Breinholt, Greg ^a   Krueger, Helmut ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Key design; Rapid prototyping; Touchscreen

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ERGONOMICS; RAPID PROTOTYPING; USER INTERFACES;

FLAT KEYPADS; KEY SHAPES; TOUCHSCREEN;

COMPUTER KEYBOARDS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ERGONOMICS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; SIMULATION; TOUCH;

EID: 0030560885     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(96)00042-7     Document Type: Article

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