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An evaluation of sticky and force enhanced targets in multi target situations

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David Ahlström,

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NordiCHI '06: Proceedings of the 4th Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction: changing roles

Pages 58 - 67

https://doi.org/10.1145/1182475.1182482

Published: 14 October 2006 Publication History

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In this paper we explore the usage of "force fields" in order to facilitate the computer user during pointing tasks. The first study shows that pointing time can be reduced by enhancing a pointing target with an invisible force field that warps the screen cursor toward the target center. The application of force fields is further supported in that we show how performance of force enhanced pointing can be predicted by using Fitts' law and a force adjusted index of difficulty. In the second study, the force field technique is compared with the "sticky target" technique [20] in two realistic pointing situations which involve several closely placed targets. The results show that the force fields improve pointing performance and that the sticky target technique does not.

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NordiCHI '06: Proceedings of the 4th Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction: changing roles

October 2006

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ISBN:1595933255

DOI:10.1145/1182475

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Anders Mørch
University of Oslo, Norway
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University of Bergen, Norway
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University of Oslo, Norway
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Gautam Ghosh
Userminded, Norway
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Dag Svanaes
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

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