How to overcome disorientation in mobile phone menus: A comparison of two different types of navigation aids

Human-Computer Interaction

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 393-433

  Ziefle, Martina ^a   Bay, Susanne ^a,b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; USER INTERFACES;

MENU STRUCTURE; NAVIGATION AIDS; VERBAL MEMORY;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

EID: 33845880421     PISSN: 07370024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327051hci2104_2     Document Type: Article

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