Allan Christian Jr. Long, James A. Landay and Lawrence A. Rowe
EECS Department
University of California, Berkeley
Technical Report No. UCB/CSD-97-976
December 1997
http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/1997/CSD-97-976.pdf
Gestures are an essential element in the realization of paper-like user interfaces. Unfortunately, poor design and recognition of gestures has impeded the adoption of these interfaces. This paper describes a survey intended to illuminate the problems users have and benefits users enjoy with gesture-based user interfaces. From the results of the survey, we conclude that: users value gestures yet problems with gestures remain; users demand more gestures; and Newtons are used largely as notebooks whereas Pilots are used mostly as personal datebooks and addressbooks. The results of the survey provide insight for designers of pen-based user interfaces and related tools.
BibTeX citation:
@techreport{Long:CSD-97-976, Author = {Long, Allan Christian Jr. and Landay, James A. and Rowe, Lawrence A.}, Title = {PDA and Gesture Uses in Practice: Insights for Designers of Pen-based User Interfaces}, Institution = {EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley}, Year = {1997}, Month = {Dec}, URL = {http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/1997/6415.html}, Number = {UCB/CSD-97-976}, Abstract = {Gestures are an essential element in the realization of paper-like user interfaces. Unfortunately, poor design and recognition of gestures has impeded the adoption of these interfaces. This paper describes a survey intended to illuminate the problems users have and benefits users enjoy with gesture-based user interfaces. From the results of the survey, we conclude that: users value gestures yet problems with gestures remain; users demand more gestures; and Newtons are used largely as notebooks whereas Pilots are used mostly as personal datebooks and addressbooks. The results of the survey provide insight for designers of pen-based user interfaces and related tools.} }
EndNote citation:
%0 Report %A Long, Allan Christian Jr. %A Landay, James A. %A Rowe, Lawrence A. %T PDA and Gesture Uses in Practice: Insights for Designers of Pen-based User Interfaces %I EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley %D 1997 %@ UCB/CSD-97-976 %U http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/1997/6415.html %F Long:CSD-97-976