Hover or tap? Supporting pen-based menu navigation for older adults

ASSETS'08: The 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 51-58

  Moffatt, Karyn ^a   Yuen, Sandra ^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

INCLUSIVE DESIGN; OLDER USERS; PEN-BASED INTERACTION; TABLET PC; TARGET ACQUISITION; UNIVERSAL USABILITY;

PERSONAL COMPUTERS; RADAR;

GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES;

EID: 62949147711     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1414471.1414483     Document Type: Conference Paper

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