Ephemeral adaptation: The use of gradual onset to improve menu selection performance

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1655-1664

  Findlater, Leah ^a   Moffatt, Karyn ^a   McGrenere, Joanna ^a   Dawson, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abrupt visual onset; Adaptive interfaces; Interaction techniques; Menu design; Personalization; User study

Indexed keywords

ABRUPT VISUAL ONSET; ADAPTIVE INTERFACE; INTERACTION TECHNIQUES; MENU DESIGN; PERSONALIZATIONS; USER STUDY;

DESIGN; HUMAN ENGINEERING;

GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES;

EID: 84892455203     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1518701.1518956     Document Type: Conference Paper

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