Characterizing user performance with assisted direct off-screen pointing

Mobile HCI 2011 - 13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 485-494

  Ens, Barrett ^a   Ahlström, David ^b   Cockburn, Andy ^c   Irani, Pourang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

direct off screen pointing; Fitts' law; off screen target visualizations; performance models; steering law

Indexed keywords

DIRECT OFF-SCREEN POINTING; FITTS' LAW; OFF-SCREEN TARGET VISUALIZATIONS; PERFORMANCE MODEL; STEERING LAW;

HARDWARE; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; USER INTERFACES; VISUALIZATION;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 80054843750     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2037373.2037445     Document Type: Conference Paper

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