"Beating" Fitts' law: Virtual enhancements for pointing facilitation

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 857-874

  Balakrishnan, Ravin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; SENSORY PERCEPTION; SURVEYING;

ISOLATED TARGETS; POINTING FACILITATIONS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 10044283094     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2004.09.002     Document Type: Article

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