Making a completely icon-based menu in mobile devices to become true: A user-centered design approach for its development

MobileHCI 2008 - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 137-146

  Schröder, Sabine ^a   Ziefle, Martina ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Icon based menu; Matching method; Menu search task; Naming method; Population stereotypes; Signproduction method; Text based menu

Indexed keywords

ICON-BASED MENU; MATCHING METHOD; MENU SEARCH TASK; NAMING METHOD; POPULATION STEREOTYPES; SIGNPRODUCTION METHOD; TEXT-BASED MENU;

COMPUTERS; INFORMATION THEORY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MOBILE COMPUTING; MOBILE DEVICES; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 65449144797     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1409240.1409256     Document Type: Conference Paper

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