Visualizing references to off-screen content on mobile devices: A comparison of Arrows, Wedge, and Overview + Detail

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 156-166

  Burigat, Stefano ^a   Chittaro, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contextual Cues; Mobile devices; Off screen objects; Peripheral awareness; Visualization

Indexed keywords

FLOW VISUALIZATION; MOBILE COMPUTING; VISUALIZATION;

CONTEXTUAL CUE; INFORMATION SPACES; LARGE INFORMATION SPACES; OFF-SCREEN OBJECTS; PERIPHERAL AWARENESS; POINTS OF INTEREST; USER PERFORMANCE; VISUAL REFERENCE;

DISPLAY DEVICES;

EID: 79953040138     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intcom.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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