TY - GEN
T1 - Touchscreen field specification for public access database queries. Let your fingers do the walking
AU - Sears, Andrew
AU - Kochavy, Yoram
AU - Shneiderman, Ben
PY - 1990
Y1 - 1990
N2 - Database query is becoming a common task in public access systems; touchscreens can provide an appealing interface for such a system. This paper explores three interfaces for constructing queries on alphabetic field values with a touchscreen interface; including a QWERTY keyboard, an Alphabetic keyboard, and a Reduced Input Data Entry (RIDE) interface. The RIDE interface allows field values to be entered with fewer 'keystrokes' (touches) than either keyboard while eliminating certain errors. In one test database, the RIDE interface required 69% fewer keystrokes than either keyboard interface.
AB - Database query is becoming a common task in public access systems; touchscreens can provide an appealing interface for such a system. This paper explores three interfaces for constructing queries on alphabetic field values with a touchscreen interface; including a QWERTY keyboard, an Alphabetic keyboard, and a Reduced Input Data Entry (RIDE) interface. The RIDE interface allows field values to be entered with fewer 'keystrokes' (touches) than either keyboard while eliminating certain errors. In one test database, the RIDE interface required 69% fewer keystrokes than either keyboard interface.
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U2 - 10.1145/100348.100349
DO - 10.1145/100348.100349
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0025239219
SN - 0897913485
SN - 9780897913485
T3 - ACM Eighteenth Annual Computer Science Conference (CSC90)
SP - 1
EP - 7
BT - ACM Eighteenth Annual Computer Science Conference (CSC90)
PB - Publ by ACM
T2 - Cooperation 1990 ACM 18th Annual Computer Science Conference Proceedings
Y2 - 20 February 1990 through 22 February 1990
ER -