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Analyzing intended use effects in target acquisition

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AVI '14: Proceedings of the 2014 International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces

Pages 145 - 152

https://doi.org/10.1145/2598153.2598158

Published: 27 May 2014 Publication History

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Recent work by Mandryk and Lough demonstrated that the movement time of Fitts-style pointing tasks varies based on intended use of a target, suggesting major implications for HCI research that models pointing using Fitts' Law. We replicate the study of Mandryk and Lough to determine exactly how and why observed movement times vary. We demonstrate that any variation in movement time is the result of differences in additive factors (a in Fitts' equation) and can be attributed to changes in the time a user spends over their primary target.

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AVI '14: Proceedings of the 2014 International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces

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DOI:10.1145/2598153

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Hougaard BKnoche H(2024)Aiming, Pointing, Steering: A Core Task Analysis Framework for GameplayProceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/36770578:CHI PLAY(1-48)Online publication date: 15-Oct-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3677057
Yamanaka SUsuba HSato J(2024)Behavioral Differences between Tap and Swipe: Observations on Time, Error, Touch-point Distribution, and Trajectory for Tap-and-swipe Enabled TargetsProceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3613904.3642272(1-12)Online publication date: 11-May-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3613904.3642272

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