Slipping and drifting: Using older users to uncover pen-based target acquisition difficulties

ASSETS'07: Proceedings of the Ninth International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 11-18

  Moffatt, Karyn ^a   McGrenere, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inclusive design; Older users; Pen based interaction; Tablet PC; Target acquisition; Universal usability

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

INCLUSIVE DESIGN; PEN BASED INTERACTIONS; TARGET ACQUISITION; UNIVERSAL USABILITY;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 42149172413     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1296843.1296848     Document Type: Conference Paper

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