Evaluating touch gestures for scrolling on notebook computers

  • Authors:
  • Kevin Wayne Arthur;Nada Matic;Paul Ausbeck

  • Affiliations:
  • Synaptics, Santa Clara, CA, USA;Synaptics, Santa Clara, CA, USA;Caravian Software Designs, Campbell, CA, USA

  • Venue:
  • CHI '08 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

We describe a new circular touch gesture for scrolling called ChiralMotionTM and report on work to measure its performance. In a study using a document scrolling task, ChiralMotion outperformed linear Virtual Scrolling on a notebook computer TouchPad. Participants also indicated a preference for ChiralMotion in a follow-up questionnaire. We discuss the results and our plans for follow-up studies incorporating other devices.