A user interface device for domestic hypermedia

Author

Beadle, H. W Peter ; Ramli, Kalamullah ; Samouelian, Ara

Author_Institution

Inst. for Telecommun. Res., Wollongong Univ., NSW, Australia

Volume

3

fYear

1997

fDate

9-12 Sep 1997

Firstpage

1677

Abstract

Traditional ways of interacting with hypermedia fail in a domestic setting because the user interaction devices typical of a desktop hypermedia system (mouse, keyboard, joystick, high resolution screen) are currently unavailable or are impractical in a domestic setting. We have investigated and prototyped an alternate interaction device based on a hand-held touchpad that we believe is practical in a domestic environment where people interact with hypermedia content for education and entertainment in a lounge room like setting. We have evaluated the usability level of the device in human trials and found that it performs better than keyboard-mouse combination, which is one of the most widely used interaction device today

Keywords

education; entertainment; human factors; hypermedia; interactive devices; multimedia communication; user interfaces; desktop hypermedia system; domestic hypermedia; education; entertainment; hand-held touchpad; high resolution screen; human trials; joystick; keyboard; mouse; usability issues; user interface device; Authentication; Computer science education; Humans; Keyboards; Mice; Personal digital assistants; Prototypes; TV; Usability; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information, Communications and Signal Processing, 1997. ICICS., Proceedings of 1997 International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3676-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICICS.1997.652280

Filename

652280