Testing pointing device performance and user assessment with the IS0 9241, Part 9 standard

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 215-222

  Douglas, Sarah A ^a   Kirkpatrick, Arthur E ^a   Scott MacKenzie, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ergonomic evaluation; Fitts' law; ISO 924 1 standard; Isometric joystick; Pointing devices; Touchpad

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMIC EVALUATION; FITTS' LAW; ISOMETRIC JOYSTICK; POINTING DEVICES; TOUCHPAD;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; STANDARDS;

COMPUTER TESTING; USER INTERFACES;

ISOMETRIC JOYSTICK; POINTING DEVICES;

EID: 0032668771     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/302979.303042     Document Type: Conference Paper

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