Visual search and reading tasks using ClearType and regular displays: Two experiments

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 503-511

  Dillon, Andrew ^a   Kleinman, Lisa ^a   Choi, Gil Ok ^a   Bias, Randolph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

ClearType; Information tasks; Readability; Visual displays

Indexed keywords

CLEARTYPE; INFORMATION TASKS; READABILITY; VISUAL DISPLAYS;

DATA RECORDING; DISPLAY DEVICES; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SERVICES; ONLINE SEARCHING; SPREADSHEETS;

VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 33745827813     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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