How do people tap when walking? An empirical investigation of nomadic data entry

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 759-769

  Lin, Min ^a   Goldman, Rich ^a   Price, Kathleen J ^a   Sears, Andrew ^a   Jacko, Julie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data entry; Fitts' Law; PDA; Tapping; Walking

Indexed keywords

FITTS' LAW; TAPPING OPERATIONS; WALKING; WORKLOAD;

EXERCISE EQUIPMENT; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MOBILE DEVICES; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS; USER INTERFACES;

DATA ACQUISITION;

EID: 34447562883     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: 10959300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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