TY - GEN
T1 - Rapid selection of hard-to-access targets by thumb on mobile touch-screens
AU - Yu, Neng Hao
AU - Huang, Da-Yuan
AU - Hsu, Jia Jyun
AU - Hung, Yi Ping
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Current touch-based UIs commonly employ regions near the corners and/or edges of the display to accommodate essential functions. As the screen size of mobile phones is ever increasing, such regions become relatively distant from the thumb and hard to reach for single-handed use. In this paper, we present two techniques: CornerSpace and BezelSpace, designed to accommodate quick access to screen targets outside the thumb's normal interactive range. Our techniques automatically determine the thumb's physical comfort zone and only require minimal thumb movement to reach distant targets on the edge of the screen. A controlled experiment shows that BezelSpace is significantly faster and more accurate. Moreover, both techniques are application-independent, and instantly accommodate either hand, left or right.
AB - Current touch-based UIs commonly employ regions near the corners and/or edges of the display to accommodate essential functions. As the screen size of mobile phones is ever increasing, such regions become relatively distant from the thumb and hard to reach for single-handed use. In this paper, we present two techniques: CornerSpace and BezelSpace, designed to accommodate quick access to screen targets outside the thumb's normal interactive range. Our techniques automatically determine the thumb's physical comfort zone and only require minimal thumb movement to reach distant targets on the edge of the screen. A controlled experiment shows that BezelSpace is significantly faster and more accurate. Moreover, both techniques are application-independent, and instantly accommodate either hand, left or right.
KW - interaction techniques
KW - mobile devices
KW - one-handed interaction
KW - thumb-based interaction
KW - touch-screens
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84883736106&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/2493190.2493202
DO - 10.1145/2493190.2493202
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84883736106
SN - 9781450322737
T3 - MobileHCI 2013 - Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services
SP - 400
EP - 403
BT - MobileHCI 2013 - Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services
T2 - 15th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI 2013
Y2 - 27 August 2013 through 30 August 2013
ER -