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TapShot: screenshot snippets as GUI shortcuts

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Kristian Gohlke,

Michael Hlatky,

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1836845.1836949

Published: 26 July 2010 Publication History

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During extended sessions with a graphical user interface (GUI), users often apply a small set of commands with high frequency. A majority of direct manipulation tasks on a GUI are carried out using the mouse, particularly when keyboard shortcuts are not provided or the user is not familiar with them. Thus, to invoke a certain command, the user is required to aim the mouse pointer at a given onscreen widget and click with the mouse. If the overall task requires a user to click on the same widget repeatedly as part of a sequence of different interleaved micro-tasks, the overall performance suffers, as each point-and-click action requires a considerable amount of time for correctly aiming at the respective control.

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Yeh, T., Chang, T.-H., and Miller, R. C. 2009. Sikuli: using GUI screenshots for search and automation. In Proc. of UIST '09, 183--192.

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TapShot: screenshot snippets as GUI shortcuts
1. General and reference
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
      1. Graphical user interfaces

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DOI:10.1145/1836845

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Washington University in St. Louis

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