Towards demystification of direct manipulation: cognitive modeling charts the gulf of execution

Direct manipulation involves a large number of interacting psychological mechanisms that make the performance of a given interface hard to predict on intuitive or informal grounds. This paper applies cognitive modeling to explain the subtle effects produced by using a keypad versus a touchscreen in a performance-critical laboratory task. Keywords Direct manipulation, cognitive modeling

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2001
• Where: CHI
• Authors: David E. Kieras, David Meyer, James A. Ballas
• Keywords: CHI 2001, Cognitive Modeling, Direct Manipulation, Human Computer Interaction, Keywords Direct Manipulation