Assistive technology computers and persons with disabilities
Communications of the ACM
CHI '93 Proceedings of the INTERACT '93 and CHI '93 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Extra-ordinary human-computer interaction: interfaces for users with disabilities
Extra-ordinary human-computer interaction: interfaces for users with disabilities
Making computers easier for older adults to use: area cursors and sticky icons
Proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human factors in computing systems
Keyboard and mouse errors due to motor disabilities
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
CUU '00 Proceedings on the 2000 conference on Universal Usability
Text input for mobile devices: comparing model prediction to actual performance
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
LetterWise: prefix-based disambiguation for mobile text input
Proceedings of the 14th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
Acquisition of expanding targets
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Gestural and audio metaphors as a means of control for mobile devices
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
An evaluation of mobile phone text input methods
AUIC '02 Proceedings of the Third Australasian conference on User interfaces - Volume 7
Ambient touch: designing tactile interfaces for handheld devices
Proceedings of the 15th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
Overcoming the Lack of Screen Space on Mobile Computers
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
Students' experiences with PDAs for reading course materials
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
SUPPLE: automatically generating user interfaces
Proceedings of the 9th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces
EdgeWrite: a stylus-based text entry method designed for high accuracy and stability of motion
Proceedings of the 16th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
TiltText: using tilt for text input to mobile phones
Proceedings of the 16th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
A comparison of consecutive and concurrent input text entry techniques for mobile phones
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Model for non-expert text entry speed on 12-button phone keypads
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Quikwriting as a multi-device text entry method
Proceedings of the third Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction
Automating accessibility: the dynamic keyboard
Assets '04 Proceedings of the 6th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility
Mouse movements of motion-impaired users: a submovement analysis
Assets '04 Proceedings of the 6th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility
The bubble cursor: enhancing target acquisition by dynamic resizing of the cursor's activation area
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Interaction in 4-second bursts: the fragmented nature of attentional resources in mobile HCI
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
An empirical comparison of use-in-motion evaluation scenarios for mobile computing devices
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Human computer interaction with mobile devices & services
Physical usability and the mobile web
W4A '06 Proceedings of the 2006 international cross-disciplinary workshop on Web accessibility (W4A): Building the mobile web: rediscovering accessibility?
Developing steady clicks:: a method of cursor assistance for people with motor impairments
Proceedings of the 8th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
How do people tap when walking? An empirical investigation of nomadic data entry
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Slipping and drifting: using older users to uncover pen-based target acquisition difficulties
Proceedings of the 9th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
How people use the web on mobile devices
Proceedings of the 17th international conference on World Wide Web
TrueKeys: identifying and correcting typing errors for people with motor impairments
Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces
Are Mobile Spreadsheet Applications Usable?
Journal of Organizational and End User Computing
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Small devices such as personal digital assistants (PDAs) are widely used to access the World Wide Web (Web). However, accessing the Web from small devices is affected by poor interface bandwidth, such as small keyboards and limited pointing devices. There is little empirical work investigating the input difficulties caused by such insufficient facilities, however, anecdotal evidence suggests that there is a link between able-bodied users of the mobile Web and motor impaired users of the Web on desktop computers. This being the case we could transfer the solutions which already exists for motor impaired users into the mobile Web and vice versa. This paper presents a user study that investigates the input errors of mobile Web users in both typing and pointing. The study identifies six types of typing errors and three types of pointing errors shared between our two user domains. We find that mobile Web users often confuse the different characters located on the same key, press keys that are adjacent to the target key, and miss certain key presses. When using a stylus, they also click in the wrong places, slide the stylus during multiple clicks, and make errors when dragging. Our results confirm that despite using different input devices, mobile Web users share common problems with motor impaired desktop users; and we therefore surmise that it will be beneficial to transfer available solutions between these user domains in order to address their common problems.