Effect of control-to-display gain and movement direction of information spaces on the usability of navigation on small touch-screen interfaces using tap-n-drag

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 322-330

  Kwon, Sunghyuk ^a   Choi, Eunjung ^a   Chung, Min K ^a  

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

Author keywords

Navigation; Panning; Scrolling; Small screen; Touch screen

Indexed keywords

EASE OF USE; GAIN CURVE; INFORMATION SPACES; LARGE INFORMATION SPACES; NAVIGATION METHODS; PANNING; SCROLLING; SMALL SCREENS; TASK COMPLETION TIME; TOUCH SCREEN; U-SHAPED;

NAVIGATION; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

DRAG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE DISPLAY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; MONITOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79953320067     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2011.02.012     Document Type: Article

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