Input techniques that dynamically change their cursor activation area: A comparison of bubble and cell cursors

Hertzum, Morten; Hornbæk, Kasper

doi:10.1016/j.ijhcs.2007.05.001

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“…Starburst [3] uses a different partitioning method, better adapted to clustered targets with non-uniform distributions. Several variations of the Bubble cursor have been proposed [19] [14]. Recently a speed-dependent area cursor technique, named Dynaspot [8], is proposed.…”

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The implicit fan cursor

Lau

2014

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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We present the Implicit Fan Cursor (IFC) -a novel target pointing technique using a cursor with a fan-shape activation area. The IFC couples the cursor's activation area with its velocity, i.e., the speed and direction of the mouse motion, behaving like a 2D spotlight cursor at low speed and a circular area cursor at high speed. Thus, it enables the user to precisely acquire distant targets at low speed and easily acquire nearest targets at high speed, without explicit mode switching. This technique minimizes cursor movement, while taking into consideration of the precision of cursor movement at different speeds. It also ensures that only one target is captured at any time. The results of our controlled experiments show that the IFC outperforms the point cursor and the area cursor techniques, particularly in terms of cursor moving distance, and that its performance can be accurately modeled using the Fitts' law.

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Section: Increasing the Target Widthmentioning

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The implicit fan cursor

Lau

2014

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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“…As mentioned earlier, this optimizes pointing performance, but prevents point cursor interactions that require clicking in empty space. The Bubble cursor's growing/shrinking area has also been reported to cause visual distraction in some situations [9,17,12]. Several variations on the technique have been designed [17,12], but have had limited success both in terms of performance and user acceptance.…”

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“…The mode switch solution results in "a slightly less than seamless interaction style" [2] for these essential object manipulation features [15]. Second, rapid and large changes of the bubble size in non-uniform target distributions may distract the user and hinder user acceptance [9,17,12], a crucial factor [2] that is sometimes overlooked.…”

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DynaSpot

Chapuis

Labrune

Pietriga

2009

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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We present DynaSpot, a new technique for acquiring targets based on the area cursor. DynaSpot couples the cursor's activation area with its speed, behaving like a point cursor at low speed or when motionless. This technique minimizes visual distraction and allows pointing anywhere in empty space without requiring an explicit mode switch, thus enabling users to perform common interactions such as region selections seamlessly. The results of our controlled experiments show that the performance of DynaSpot can be modeled by Fitts' law, and that DynaSpot significantly outperforms the point cursor and achieves, in most conditions, the same level of performance as one of the most promising techniques to date, the Bubble cursor.

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“…Researchers have studied issues surrounding dynamic cursors [28,9,14] and cursor orientations [3,28]. Findings suggest orientation neutral cursors such as a circle tend to have better performance compared to arrow cursors [24].…”

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PieCursor

Fitzmaurice

Matejka

Khan

et al. 2008

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Figure 1. The PieCursor concept: a collection of tools arranged in a radial pattern Tracking Menu and shrunk to the size of a cursor. ABSTRACTWe describe a new type of graphical user interface widget called the -PieCursor.‖ The PieCursor is based on the Tracking Menu technique and consists of a radial cluster of command wedges, is roughly the size of a cursor, and replaces the traditional cursor. The PieCursor technique merges the normal cursor function of pointing with command selection into a single action. A controlled experiment was conducted to compare the performance of rapid command and target selection using the PieCursor against larger versions of Tracking Menus and a status quo Toolbar configuration. Results indicate that for small clusters of tools (4 and 8 command wedges) the PieCursor can outperform the toolbar by 20.8% for coarse pointing. For fine pointing, the performance of the PieCursor degrades approximately to the performance found for the Toolbar condition.

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Input techniques that dynamically change their cursor activation area: A comparison of bubble and cell cursors

Cited by 11 publications

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