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The fat thumb: using the thumb's contact size for single-handed mobile interaction

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Sebastian Boring,

David Ledo,

Xiang 'Anthony' Chen,

Nicolai Marquardt,

Anthony Tang,

Saul GreenbergAuthors Info & Claims

MobileHCI '12: Proceedings of the 14th international conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices and services companion

Pages 207 - 208

https://doi.org/10.1145/2371664.2371711

Published: 21 September 2012 Publication History

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Modern mobile devices allow a rich set of multi-finger interactions that combine modes into a single fluid act. Such gestures may require the use of both hands: one holding the device while the other is interacting. While on the go, however, only one hand may be available to both hold the device and interact with it. In this demo, we present the Fat Thumb interaction technique, which uses the thumb's contact size as a form of simulated pressure. We present how this can be used, for example, to integrate panning and zooming into a single interaction. Contact size determines the mode (i.e., panning with a small size, zooming with a large one), while thumb movement performs the selected mode.

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Boring, S., Ledo, D., Chen, X., Marquardt, N., Tang, A., Greenberg, S. The Fat Thumb: Using the Thumb's Contact Size for Single-Handed Mobile Interaction. In Proc. MobileHCI, ACM Press (2012).

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MobileHCI '12: Proceedings of the 14th international conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices and services companion

September 2012

278 pages

ISBN:9781450314435

DOI:10.1145/2371664

General Chairs:
Elizabeth Churchill
Designing Associates, USA
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Sriram Subramanian
University of Bristol, UK
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Patrick Baudisch
Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany
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Kenton O'Hara
Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK

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Published: 21 September 2012

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