TY - GEN
T1 - Exploring the design of accessible goal crossing desktop widgets
AU - Choe, Eun Kyoung
AU - Shinohara, Kristen
AU - Chilana, Parmit K.
AU - Dixon, Morgan
AU - Wobbrock, Jacob O.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Prior work has shown that goal crossing may be a more accessible interaction technique than conventional pointing-and-clicking for motor-impaired users. Although goal crossing with pen-based input devices has been studied, pen-based designs have limited applicability on the desktop because the pen can "fly in," cross, and "fly out," whereas a persistent mouse cursor cannot. We therefore explore possible designs for accessible mouse-based goal crossing widgets that avoid triggering unwanted goals by using secondary goals, gestures, and corners and edges. We identify four design principles for accessible desktop goal crossing widgets: ease of use for motor-impaired users, safety from false selections, efficiency, and scalability.
AB - Prior work has shown that goal crossing may be a more accessible interaction technique than conventional pointing-and-clicking for motor-impaired users. Although goal crossing with pen-based input devices has been studied, pen-based designs have limited applicability on the desktop because the pen can "fly in," cross, and "fly out," whereas a persistent mouse cursor cannot. We therefore explore possible designs for accessible mouse-based goal crossing widgets that avoid triggering unwanted goals by using secondary goals, gestures, and corners and edges. We identify four design principles for accessible desktop goal crossing widgets: ease of use for motor-impaired users, safety from false selections, efficiency, and scalability.
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U2 - 10.1145/1520340.1520563
DO - 10.1145/1520340.1520563
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:70349182138
SN - 9781605582474
T3 - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
SP - 3733
EP - 3738
BT - Proceedings of the 27th International Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2009
T2 - 27th International Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2009
Y2 - 4 April 2009 through 9 April 2009
ER -