Modeling and improving selection in cascading poll-down menus using Fitts' law, the steering law and force fields

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 61-70

  Ahlström, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

"Force fields"; Cascading pull down menus; Fitts' Law; Input devices; Menu navigation; Selection; Steering law

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SELECTION; STEERING;

CASCADING PULL-DOWN MENUS; FITT'S LAW; INPUT DEVICES; MENU NAVIGATION; STEERING LAWS;

GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES;

EID: 80051472418     PISSN: 02749696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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