Abstract
This study concentrates on finding the relationship between target-pointing strategies and target sizes. Concretely, an evaluation experiment was performed in which the experimental system used five kinds of targets (1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 dot diameter circles in respectively, 0.36 mm per dot), eight pen-movement-directions and six strategies of systematic election on a pen-based computer. The results showed that the “Land-on2” strategy was the best strategy for selecting a minute target, in terms of error rates, selection time and subjective preferences. “The minute maximum size” of 5 dots was also determined to be the largest size among the targets which had a significant main effect on the six strategies in terms of error rates.
Chapter PDF
Similar content being viewed by others
Keywords
References
Ren X. and Moriya S. (1995). The concept of various pointing strategies on pen-based computers and their experimental evaluation, Proceedings of the Eleventh Symposium on Human Interface ( Kyoto, Japan ), pp. 565–574.
Sears A. and Shneiderman B. (1991). High precision touchscreens: Design strategies and comparisons with a mouse, International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 593–613.
Potter R., Weldon L. and Shneiderman B. (1988). Improving the accuracy of touch screens: An experimental evaluation of three strategies, Proceedings of ACM the CHI’88 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 27–32.
Buxton W. (1990). A three state model of graphical input. In D. Diaper et al. (Eds.), Human-Computer Interaction -INTERACT ‘80, pp. 449–456.
Sheikh I. and Hoffmann E. (1994). Effect of target shape on movement time in a Fitts task. Ergonomics, Vol. 37, No. 9, pp. 1533–1547.
Fitts P.M. (1954). The information capacity of the human motor system in controlling amplitude of movement, Journal of Experimental Psychology, Vol. 47, No. 6, pp. 381–391.
McClintock M. and Hoiem D. (1993). Minimal target size in a pen-based system, In Abridged Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., p. 243.
Sears A., Plaisant C. and Shneiderman B. (1992). A new era for high precision touchscreens, Advances in Human-Computer Interaction, Vol. 30, Ablex, Norwood, NJ, pp. 1–33.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1997 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Ren, X., Moriya, S. (1997). The Best among Six Strategies for Selecting a Minute Target and the Determination of the Minute Maximum Size of the Targets on a Pen-Based Computer. In: Howard, S., Hammond, J., Lindgaard, G. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction INTERACT ’97. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35175-9_14
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35175-9_14
Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-1-4757-5437-7
Online ISBN: 978-0-387-35175-9
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive