TR2005-070

Under My Finger: Human Factors in Pushing and Rotating Documents Across the Table
Citation: Forlines, C.; Shen, C.; Vernier, F., "Under My Finger: Human Factors in Pushing and Rotating Documents Across the Table", IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT), September 2005 (INTERACT 2005)
Date:September 2005
MERL Contact:Clifton Forlines

When passing a document to someone across a table, the person passing the document often rotates it to face the receiver. In this paper, we present the results of a user evaluation of three Push-and-Rotate schemes that offer different underlying control semantics for how an electronic document can automatically rotate as it is pushed across an interactive tabletop surface. The effects of document size are also discussed.

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