Faster cascading menu selections with enlarged activation areas

Proceedings - Graphics Interface

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 65-71

  Cockburn, Andy ^a   Gin, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bubble cursors; Cascades; Hierarchical menus; Target acquisition; Target adaptation

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE CURSORS; CASCADES; HIERARCHICAL MENUS; TARGET ACQUISITION; TARGET ADAPTATION;

ERROR CORRECTION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; USER INTERFACES;

GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES;

EID: 33748641961     PISSN: 07135424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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