Justin Matejka, Tovi Grossman, Jessica Lo, George Fitzmaurice (2009)
The Design and Evaluation of Multi-Finger Mouse Emulation Techniques CHI 2009 Conference proceedings:
ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
pp. 1073-1082
The Design and Evaluation of Multi-Finger Mouse Emulation Techniques
ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
We explore the use of multi-finger input to emulate full
mouse functionality, such as the tracking state, three
buttons, and chording. We first present the design space for
such techniques, which serves as a guide for the systematic
investigation of possible solutions. We then perform a
series of pilot studies to come up with recommendations for
the various aspects of the design space. These pilot studies
allow us to arrive at a recommended technique, the
SDMouse. In a formal study, the SDMouse was shown to
significantly improve performance in comparison to
previously developed mouse emulation techniques.