Target size study for one-handed thumb use on small touchscreen devices

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 159, Issue , 2006, Pages 203-210

  Parhi, Pekka ^a   Karlson, Amy K ^b   Bederson, Benjamin B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Key size; Keypads; Mobile devices; One handed; Touch screens

Indexed keywords

ERROR RATES; KEY SIZE; TOUCH SCREENS;

COMPUTER KEYBOARDS; ERROR ANALYSIS; MOBILE DEVICES; TEXT PROCESSING;

FLUORESCENT SCREENS;

EID: 34547341818     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1152215.1152260     Document Type: Conference Paper

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