Design and evaluation of small, linear QWERTY keyboards

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 655-662

  Hsiao, Han Chi ^a   Wu, Fong Gong ^a   Chen, Chien Hsu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ergonomic keyboard; Keyboard design; Miniature keyboard

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER KEYBOARDS; MOBILE DEVICES;

DESIGN AND EVALUATIONS; ERGONOMIC KEYBOARDS; INPUT SPEED; KEYBOARD DESIGN; LEARNABILITY; MINIATURE KEYBOARD; RECTANGULAR-SHAPED; USER ACCEPTANCE;

TYPEWRITER KEYBOARDS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMFORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KEYBOARD; LEARNING; MICROCOMPUTER; QWERTY KEYBOARD; VELOCITY;

ERGONOMIC KEYBOARD; KEYBOARD DESIGN; MINIATURE KEYBOARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892900736     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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