Visualizing locations of off-screen objects on mobile devices: A comparative evaluation of three approaches

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 159, Issue , 2006, Pages 239-246

  Burigat, Stefano ^a   Chittaro, Luca ^a   Gabrielli, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Maps; Mobile devices; Off screen locations; Visualization

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; WEB BROWSERS;

COMPARATIVE EVALUATION; MOBILE MAPS; OFF SCREEN LOCATIONS; ZOOMING OPERATIONS;

MOBILE DEVICES;

EID: 34547268872     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1152215.1152266     Document Type: Conference Paper

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