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Effects of cursor speed on text-editing

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John D. Gould,

Clayton Lewis,

Vincent BarnesAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, Volume 16, Issue 4

Pages 7 - 10

https://doi.org/10.1145/1165385.317458

Published: 01 April 1985 Publication History

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Nine participants used a full screen computer text-editor (XEDIT) with an IBM 3277 terminal to edit marked-up documents at each of three cursor speeds (3.3, 4.7, and 11.0 cm/sec.). Results show that 9% of editing time was spent controlling and moving the cursor, regardless of cursor speed. The variations in cursor speed studied did not seem to act as a pacing device for the entire editing task.

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Index Terms

Effects of cursor speed on text-editing
1. Applied computing
  1. Document management and text processing
    1. Document management
      1. Text editing
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction devices
      1. Touch screens
    2. Interaction paradigms

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ACM SIGCHI Bulletin Volume 16, Issue 4

April 1985

201 pages

ISSN:0736-6906

DOI:10.1145/1165385

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CHI '85: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
April 1985
231 pages
ISBN:0897911490
DOI:10.1145/317456
Chairmen:
Lorraine Borman
Northeastern Univ., Evanston, IL
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Raoul Smith
Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA

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