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This study examined gesture preferences for a vertical or horizontally-oriented multi-touch input device. Gesture interfaces have become prevalent, increasing the need to characterize technology expectations. The current study expanded previous work (Morris in Proceedings of graphics interface, 2010), which identified preference of a gesture for a given command. Forty employees from Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic participated. Twenty-one participants were tested with a vertical multi-touch device while 19 were tested with a horizontal multi-touch device. For a subset of commands (duplicate, enlarge, rotate), orientation was a factor in gesture preference. A subset of gestures was preferred with a vertical orientation and another subset preferred with a horizontal orientation. Users indicated that gestures were relatively easier in the vertical orientation compared to horizontal. Orientation should be considered when designing command gestures for multi-touch devices. Potential applications of this research include design of gesture commands for future multi-touch systems.
The opinions, conclusions, and recommendations expressed or implied are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Naval War College, the Department of the Navy, or the Department of Defense.
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Regal, R., Gomer, J., Moore, K. (2017). Gesture Preference with Horizontal and Vertical Multi-touch Devices. In: Soares, M., Falcão, C., Ahram, T. (eds) Advances in Ergonomics Modeling, Usability & Special Populations. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 486. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41685-4_32
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