Children's interaction with mobile touch-screen devices: Experiences and guidelines for design

International Journal of Mobile Human Computer Interaction

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1-18

  McKnight, Lorna ^a   Cassidy, Brendan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child computer interaction; Guidelines; HCI; Input methods; Mobile devices; Touch screens; Usability

Indexed keywords

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MOBILE COMPUTING; USER EXPERIENCE;

CHILD-COMPUTER INTERACTIONS; DEVICE DESIGNERS; GENERAL DESIGNS; GUIDELINES; INPUT METHODS; INTERACTION STYLES; USABILITY;

TOUCH SCREENS;

EID: 77954923055     PISSN: 1942390X     EISSN: 19423918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jmhci.2010040101     Document Type: Article

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