Acquisition speed with targets on the edge of the screen: An application of Fitts' law to commonly used Web browser controls

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 1205-1209

  Farris, J Shawn ^a   Jones, Keith S ^a   Anders, Brent A ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUISITION SPEED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); JOYSTICKS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTINGS; COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; DATA ACQUISITION; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICE (COMPUTER PERIPHERALS); STATISTICAL METHODS; USER INTERFACES;

WEB BROWSERS;

EID: 0442279423     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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