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Exploring performance of thumb input for pointing and dragging tasks on mobile device

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Chaklam Silpasuwanchai,

William Delamare,

Antti Oulasvirta,

Xiangshi RenAuthors Info & Claims

AsianHCI '19: Proceedings of Asian CHI Symposium 2019: Emerging HCI Research Collection

Pages 38 - 45

https://doi.org/10.1145/3309700.3338434

Published: 22 May 2020 Publication History

Abstract

Thumb based interaction is becoming increasingly popular in mobile devices. However, the interaction still remains slow, ambiguous, and error-prone. This paper presents an exploratory user experiment results of one-thumb pointing and dragging task performance, based on three factors: mobile size, target size, and posture (sitting and walking positions). Beside obvious findings, we observed some surprising scenarios, such as the gripping style of most users was casual and did not follow any formal model or structure. We concluded our experiences into design implications with respect to mobile size, posture, and gripping styles.

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Li DGe XMa QMehra BLiu JHan TLiu C(2022)Evaluating Three Touch Gestures for Moving Objects across Folded ScreensProceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies10.1145/35503096:3(1-28)Online publication date: 7-Sep-2022
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Exploring performance of thumb input for pointing and dragging tasks on mobile device
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Empirical studies in HCI

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AsianHCI '19: Proceedings of Asian CHI Symposium 2019: Emerging HCI Research Collection

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ISBN:9781450366793

DOI:10.1145/3309700

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UX Indonesia, Indonesia
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Lee LYau YHui P(2024)Perceived User Reachability in Mobile UIs Using Data Analytics and Machine LearningInternational Journal of Human–Computer Interaction10.1080/10447318.2024.2327199(1-24)Online publication date: 25-Mar-2024
https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2024.2327199
Li DGe XMa QMehra BLiu JHan TLiu C(2022)Evaluating Three Touch Gestures for Moving Objects across Folded ScreensProceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies10.1145/35503096:3(1-28)Online publication date: 7-Sep-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3550309
Lim HLin DTweneboah JZhang C(2021)HandyTrak: Recognizing the Holding Hand on a Commodity Smartphone from Body Silhouette ImagesThe 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology10.1145/3472749.3474817(1210-1220)Online publication date: 10-Oct-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3472749.3474817

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