A comparative study of the usability of touch-based and mouse-based interaction

International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 115-134

  Travis, Charlotte ^a   Murano, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Mouse based interaction; Touch based interaction; Usability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897057648     PISSN: 17427371     EISSN: 1742738X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJPCC-01-2014-0015     Document Type: Article

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