Cursor measures for motion-impaired computer users

Keates, Simeon; Hwang, Faustina; Langdon, Patrick; Clarkson, P. John; Robinson, Peter

Abstract

"Point and click" interactions remain one of the key features of graphical user interfaces (GUIs). People with motion-impairments, however, can often have difficulty with accurate control of standard pointing devices. This paper discusses work that aims to reveal the nature of these difficulties through analyses that consider the cursor's path of movement. A range of potential cursor measures was applied, and a number of them were found to be significant in capturing the differences between able-bodied users and motion-impaired users, as well as the differences between a haptic force feedback condition and a control condition. cursor measures found in the literature, however, do not make up a comprehensive list, but provide a starting point for analysing cursor movements more completely. Six new cursor characteristics for motion-impaired users are introduced to capture aspects of cursor movement different from those already proposed.

Citation

Keates, S., Hwang, F., Langdon, P., Clarkson, P. J., & Robinson, P. (2002, July). Cursor measures for motion-impaired computer users. Presented at ASSETS '02 The 5th ACM SIGCAPH Conference on Assistive Technologies, Edinburgh, Scotland

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: ASSETS '02 The 5th ACM SIGCAPH Conference on Assistive Technologies
• Start Date: Jul 8, 2002
• End Date: Jul 10, 2002
• Publication Date: 2002
• Deposit Date: Feb 5, 2019
• Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Pages: 135-142
• Book Title: Proceedings of the fifth international ACM conference on Assistive technologie
• ISBN: 1581134649
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/638249.638274
• Keywords: cursor measures, motion-impaired computer users,
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1497432