A Study of Pointing Performance of Elderly Users on Smartphones

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 604-618

  Hwangbo, Hwan ^a   Yoon, Sol Hee ^a   Jin, Beom Suk ^a   Han, Young Suk ^a   Ji, Yong Gu ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE GROUPS; ELDERLY PERSONS; ELDERLY USERS; POINTING ACTION; SMART-PHONE APPLICATIONS; TARGET SIZE;

EXPERIMENTS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; SIGNAL ENCODING; SMARTPHONES;

TOUCH SCREENS;

EID: 84879674751     PISSN: 10447318     EISSN: 15327590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10447318.2012.729996     Document Type: Article

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