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CHI
2009
ACM
15 years 2 days ago
GestureBar: improving the approachability of gesture-based interfaces
GestureBar is a novel, approachable UI for learning gestural interactions that enables a walk-up-and-use experience which is in the same class as standard menu and toolbar interfa...
Andrew Bragdon, Robert C. Zeleznik, Brian Williams...
CHI
2009
ACM
15 years 2 days ago
Attaching UI enhancements to websites with end users
We present reform, a system that envisions roles for both programmers and end users in enhancing existing websites to support new goals. First, programmers author a traditional ma...
Michael Toomim, Steven M. Drucker, Mira Dontcheva,...
CHI
2009
ACM
15 years 2 days ago
DynaSpot: speed-dependent area cursor
We present DynaSpot, a new technique for acquiring targets based on the area cursor. DynaSpot couples the cursor's activation area with its speed, behaving like a point curso...
Olivier Chapuis, Jean-Baptiste Labrune, Emmanuel P...
CHI
2009
ACM
15 years 2 days ago
SLAP widgets: bridging the gap between virtual and physical controls on tabletops
We present Silicone iLluminated Active Peripherals (SLAP), a system of tangible, translucent widgets for use on multitouch tabletops. SLAP Widgets are cast from silicone or made o...
Malte Weiss, Julie Wagner, Yvonne Jansen, Roger Je...
CHI
2009
ACM
15 years 2 days ago
Body and mind: a study of avatar personalization in three virtual worlds
An increasingly large number of users connect to virtual worlds on a regular basis to conduct activities ranging from gaming to business meetings. In all these worlds, users proje...
Nicolas Ducheneaut, Ming-Hui Wen, Nicholas Yee, Gr...
CHI
2009
ACM
15 years 2 days ago
FacetLens: exposing trends and relationships to support sensemaking within faceted datasets
Previous research has shown that faceted browsing is effective and enjoyable in searching and browsing large collections of data. In this work, we explore the efficacy of interact...
Bongshin Lee, Greg Smith, George G. Robertson, Mar...
CHI
2009
ACM
15 years 2 days ago
EyeSpy: supporting navigation through play
This paper demonstrates how useful content can be generated as a by-product of an enjoyable mobile multiplayer game. In EyeSpy, players tag geographic locations with photos or tex...
Marek Bell, Stuart Reeves, Barry Brown, Scott Sher...
CHI
2009
ACM
15 years 2 days ago
From interaction to trajectories: designing coherent journeys through user experiences
The idea of interactional trajectories through interfaces has emerged as a sensitizing concept from recent studies of tangible interfaces and interaction in museums and galleries....
Steve Benford, Gabriella Giannachi, Boriana Koleva...
CHI
2009
ACM
15 years 2 days ago
User-defined gestures for surface computing
Many surface computing prototypes have employed gestures created by system designers. Although such gestures are appropriate for early investigations, they are not necessarily ref...
Jacob O. Wobbrock, Meredith Ringel Morris, Andrew ...
CHI
2009
ACM
15 years 2 days ago
Audio or tactile feedback: which modality when?
When designing interfaces for mobile devices it is important to take into account the variety of contexts of use. We present a study that examines how changing noise and disturban...
Eve E. Hoggan, Andrew Crossan, Stephen A. Brewster...