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A comparison of input devices in element pointing and dragging tasks

Year: 1991

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: An experiment is described comparing three devices (a mouse, a trackball, and a stylus with tablet) in the performance of pointing and dragging tasks.During pointing, movement times were shorter and error rates were lower than during dragging.It is shown that Fitts' law can model both tasks, and that within devices the index of performance is higher when pointing than when dragging.Device differences also appeared.The stylus displayed a higher rate of information pmeessing than the mouse during pointing but not during dragging.The trackball ranked third for both tasks,

Source: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

DOI: 10.1145/108844.108868

Authors: I. Scott MacKenzie, Abigail Sellen, William A. S. Buxton

Institutions: University of Toronto, Seneca Polytechnic

Language: English

Topic: Interactive and Immersive Displays

Subfield: Human-Computer Interaction

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: University of Toronto, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

OpenAlex ID: W2147160183

FWCI: 3.463

Cites: 15

Cited by: 379

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