Dasher: A gesture-driven data entry interface for mobile computing

Human-Computer Interaction

Volumn 17, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 199-228

  Ward, David J ^a   Blackwell, Alan F ^b   MacKay, David J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER KEYBOARDS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MOBILE COMPUTING; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS;

DATA ENTRY INTERFACE; TWO DIMENSIONAL GESTURES;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 0036439958     PISSN: 07370024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327051HCI172&3_3     Document Type: Article

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