The effects of zoomable user interfaces and user age in searching for a target with a mouse on a two-dimensional information space

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 191-199

  Chung, Min K ^a   Lee, Donghun ^a   Jeong, Cheolhyun ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Information search; Older adults; Zoom focus; Zoom scale; Zoomable user interface

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SEARCH; OLDER ADULTS; ZOOM FOCUS; ZOOM SCALE; ZOOMABLE USER INTERFACES;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WEB SERVICES;

USER INTERFACES;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER MOUSE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATISFACTION; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 79951515345     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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