A model of non-preferred hand mode switchingJaime Ruiz, Andrea Bunt, and Edward Lank

Effective mode-switching techniques provide users of tablet interfaces with access to a rich set of behaviors. While many researchers have studied the relative performance of mode-switching techniques in these interfaces, these metrics tell us little about the behavior of one technique in the absence of a competitor. Differing from past comparison-based research, this paper describes a temporal model of the behavior of a common mode switching technique, non-preferred hand mode switching. Using the Hick-Hyman Law, we claim that the asymptotic cost of adding additional non-preferred hand modes to an interface is a logarithmic function of the number of modes. We validate the model experimentally, and show a strong correlation between experimental data and values predicted by the model. Implications of this research for the design of mode-based interfaces are highlighted.

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  • Headshot of Jaime Ruiz wearing a HololensJaime Ruiz

    • As well as: Andrea Bunt, and Edward Lank

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Jaime Ruiz, Andrea Bunt, and Edward Lank. 2008. A model of non-preferred hand mode switching. In Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2008 (GI ’08). Canadian Information Processing Society, CAN, 49–56.

Bibtex

@inproceedings{10.5555/1375714.1375724,
author = {Ruiz, Jaime and Bunt, Andrea and Lank, Edward},
title = {A Model of Non-Preferred Hand Mode Switching},
year = {2008},
isbn = {9781568814230},
publisher = {Canadian Information Processing Society},
address = {CAN},
abstract = {Effective mode-switching techniques provide users of tablet interfaces with access to a rich set of behaviors. While many researchers have studied the relative performance of mode-switching techniques in these interfaces, these metrics tell us little about the behavior of one technique in the absence of a competitor. Differing from past comparison-based research, this paper describes a temporal model of the behavior of a common mode switching technique, non-preferred hand mode switching. Using the Hick-Hyman Law, we claim that the asymptotic cost of adding additional non-preferred hand modes to an interface is a logarithmic function of the number of modes. We validate the model experimentally, and show a strong correlation between experimental data and values predicted by the model. Implications of this research for the design of mode-based interfaces are highlighted.},
booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2008},
pages = {49–56},
numpages = {8},
location = {Windsor, Ontario, Canada},
series = {GI '08}
}

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