Virtual Sliding QWERTY: A new text entry method for smartwatches using Tap-N-Drag

Cha, JaeMin; Choi, Eun‐Jung; Lim, Jihyoun

doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2015.05.008

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“…As an alternative to zooming Cha et al (2015) utilized panning a keyboard that was too big to fit on the wristwatch screen. The panning was done with the usual dragging gestures 4 Jo ggi Hong et al utilizing different control-display gains.…”

Section: Miniature Qwerty Keyboards Zooming Andmentioning

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Comparison of Three QWERTY Keyboards for a Smartwatch

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The QWERTY keyboard has been a de facto standard for computer text entry and continues to be one for mobile text entry such as for smartphones. It is not clear, however, that it will continue to be an option for text entry for much smaller devices such as smartwatches. In a series of user experiments, we examined the performance of the QWERTY keyboard when it is reduced to fit a small smartwatch screen. At the same time, we examined whether the ZoomBoard and the SplitBoard, which are QWERTY keyboards augmented by zooming and panning strategies, respectively, would be effective in comparison with a plain QWERTY keyboard. In Experiment 1, we evaluated the text entry performance of new users on the three QWERTY keyboards. In Experiment 2, we evaluated the relative performance of the three keyboards for three different screen sizes. In Experiment 3, we further observed how the keyboard performance changed when used in a mobile situation. Main results are: (i) users could adapt to a plain QWERTY keyboard even in the smallest screen cases. (ii) The SplitBoard consistently showed a better performance than other keyboards in all tested sizes. (iii) The SplitBoard showed a better performance than other keyboards in a mobile condition (treadmill) and was preferred most by participants. RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS • We examined the performances of the ZoomBoard and the SplitBoard in comparison with a plain QWERTY keyboard for three different screen size conditions and for static and mobile usage conditions. • The SplitBoard showed a better performance than the other keyboards consistently in all conditions and was preferred most by the participants. • In addition, we could observe that the participants could adapt to a plain QWERTY keyboard surprisingly well even in the smallest screen case.

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Section: Miniature Qwerty Keyboards Zooming Andmentioning

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“…This approach was shown to be effective by Hong et al (2015). Scrolling in this case may be continuous (Cha et al, 2015) or discrete (Hong et al, 2015), but the latter choice showed a better performance. A discrete scrolling operation in this case 3 Minuum Keyboard, http://minuum.com.…”

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Comparison of Three QWERTY Keyboards for a Smartwatch

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“…User thumb size also plays an important role in designing these configurations. Researchers [29][30][31] find that for maximum user comfort, the diagonal distance of a smartphone virtual keyboard should be around 75% of the user's thumb size. It is also observed that a comfortable range of key sizes on a smartphone soft keyboard ranges from 20 dP(density pixel) to 70 dP.…”

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Rethinking Smart Keyboard Layout to Aid Strong Password Creation

Hossain,

Rahman,

Ahmed Rumee

et al. 2024

Jurnal Ilmu Komputer dan Informasi

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In an era marked by increasing digitization and the omnipresence of smartphones, the importance of robustpassword security cannot be overstated. With the ever-growing threat of cyberattacks, there is a pressing needfor user-friendly tools that facilitate the creation of strong and unique passwords. Traditional alphanumerickeyboard layouts (physical or virtual) have remained largely unchanged for decades, relying on the sameQWERTY layout initially designed for typewriters. However, these layouts may not be optimal for generatingstrong passwords. This paper focuses on tailoring virtual keyboard layouts on smartphones specifically forstrong password creation. For this, we have performed extensive user surveys to see if the presence ofdedicated rows for digits and special characters (essential in any strong password) allows users to createstronger passwords compared to regular smartphone keyboard layout. Apart from that, we also investigatedthe optimal assignment of characters, digits, and special characters and their groupings in a single soft key.The findings from the detailed user experiment suggested optimal settings for a smartphone virtual keyboard(for Android) like- diagonal length for good typing speed (approximately between 8.38 and 9.41 cm), andkey density (0.88 to 1.21 keys/cm2) which produces the least error without sacrificing the strength ofpasswords created using those layouts. We hope the outcome of this paper will help designers to aid virtualkeyboard layouts for smartphones that can motivate and create strong passwords without sacrificing usability.

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“…A strategy that had been often adopted is to propose new layouts to fit bigger buttons on screen, separating character selection into two stages, where the first one reduces the amount of elements on screen, to guarantee a precise click on the second one. This was introduced in ZoomBoard [22], an interactive zooming keyboard, and similar concepts appear on SplitBoard [11], SwipeBoard [5] VirtualSlidingQWERTY [4], DriftBoard [25] and UniWatch [24].…”

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Braille text entry on smartwatches

Luna

Soares

Nascimento

et al. 2019

Proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems

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Smartwatches are gaining popularity on market with a set of features comparable to smartphones in a wearable device. This novice technology brings new interaction paradigms and challenges for blind users, who have difficulties dealing with touchscreens. Among a variety of tasks that must be studied, text entry is analyzed, considering that current existing solutions may be unsatisfactory (as voice input) or even unfeasible (as working with tiny QWERTY keyboards) for a blind user. More specifically, this paper presents a study on possible solutions for composing a Braille cell on smartwatches. Five prototypes were developed and different feedback features were proposed. These are confronted with seven specialists on an evaluation study that results in a qualitative analysis of which strategies can be more useful for blind users in a Braille text entry.

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Virtual Sliding QWERTY: A new text entry method for smartwatches using Tap-N-Drag

Cited by 24 publications

References 18 publications

Comparison of Three QWERTY Keyboards for a Smartwatch

Comparison of Three QWERTY Keyboards for a Smartwatch

Rethinking Smart Keyboard Layout to Aid Strong Password Creation

Braille text entry on smartwatches

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