Finger-count & radial-stroke shortcuts: Two techniques for augmenting linear menus on multi-touch surfaces

Gilles Bailly; Eric Lecolinet; Yves Guiard

doi:10.1145/1753326.1753414

Finger-count & radial-stroke shortcuts: Two techniques for augmenting linear menus on multi-touch surfaces

Gilles Bailly
, Eric Lecolinet
, Yves Guiard

CNRS LTCI

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

We propose Radial-Stroke and Finger-Count Shortcuts, two techniques aimed at augmenting the menubar on multi-touch surfaces. We designed these multi-finger two-handed interaction techniques in an attempt to overcome the limitations of direct pointing on interactive surfaces, while maintaining compatibility with traditional interaction techniques. While Radial-Stroke Shortcuts exploit the well-known advantages of Radial Strokes, Finger-Count Shortcuts exploit multi-touch by simply counting the number of fingers of each hand in contact with the surface. We report the results of an experimental evaluation of our technique, focusing on expert-mode performance. Finger-Count Shortcuts outperformed Radial-Stroke Shortcuts in terms of both easiness of learning and performance speed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI 2010 - The 28th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference Proceedings
Pages	591-594
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1753326.1753414
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2010
Externally published	Yes
Event	28th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2010 - Atlanta, GA, United States Duration: 10 Apr 2010 → 15 Apr 2010

Publication series

Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
Volume	1

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Conference	28th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2010
Country/Territory	United States
City	Atlanta, GA
Period	10/04/10 → 15/04/10

Keywords

menu techniques
multi-finger interaction
multi-touch
two-handed interaction

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Bailly, G., Lecolinet, E., & Guiard, Y. (2010). Finger-count & radial-stroke shortcuts: Two techniques for augmenting linear menus on multi-touch surfaces. In CHI 2010 - The 28th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference Proceedings (pp. 591-594). (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings; Vol. 1). https://doi.org/10.1145/1753326.1753414

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Bailly, G, Lecolinet, E & Guiard, Y 2010, Finger-count & radial-stroke shortcuts: Two techniques for augmenting linear menus on multi-touch surfaces. in CHI 2010 - The 28th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference Proceedings. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, vol. 1, pp. 591-594, 28th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2010, Atlanta, GA, United States, 10/04/10. https://doi.org/10.1145/1753326.1753414

Finger-count & radial-stroke shortcuts: Two techniques for augmenting linear menus on multi-touch surfaces. / Bailly, Gilles; Lecolinet, Eric; Guiard, Yves.
CHI 2010 - The 28th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference Proceedings. 2010. p. 591-594 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings; Vol. 1).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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