Effects of key size and spacing on the completion time and accuracy of input tasks on soft keypads using trackball and touch input

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 429-433

  Schedlbauer, Martin ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts Lowell

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPLETION TIMES; DATA ENTRIES; DATA INPUTS; GAP DISTANCES; INPUT METHODS; INTERFACE ELEMENTS; KEY SIZES; ONSCREEN KEYBOARDS; SCREEN SPACES; SOFT KEYBOARDS; TOUCH SCREENS; TRACKBALL;

COMPUTER KEYBOARDS; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; USER INTERFACES;

FLUORESCENT SCREENS;

EID: 58149458679     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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