Input devices for web browsing: Age and hand effects

Universal Access in the Information Society

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-45

  Jastrzembski, Tiffany ^a   Charness, Neil ^a   Holley, Patricia ^a   Feddon, Jeffrey ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Hand; Input device; Usability; Web

Indexed keywords

EID: 31044451801     PISSN: 16155289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10209-003-0083-5     Document Type: Article

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