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
Manual and gaze input cascaded (MAGIC) pointing
Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Halo: a technique for visualizing off-screen objects
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Semantic pointing: improving target acquisition with control-display ratio adaptation
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Mouse ether: accelerating the acquisition of targets across multi-monitor displays
CHI '04 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Object pointing: a complement to bitmap pointing in GUIs
GI '04 Proceedings of the 2004 Graphics Interface Conference
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
"Beating" Fitts' law: virtual enhancements for pointing facilitation
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies - Special issue: Fitts law 50 years later: Applications and contributions from human-computer interaction
Predictive interaction using the delphian desktop
Proceedings of the 18th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
Fitts' law and expanding targets: Experimental studies and designs for user interfaces
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI)
Pointing lenses: facilitating stylus input through visual-and motor-space magnification
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Pointer warping in heterogeneous multi-monitor environments
GI '07 Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2007
Proceedings of the 20th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
Targeting across displayless space
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Wedge: clutter-free visualization of off-screen locations
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Ninja cursors: using multiple cursors to assist target acquisition on large screens
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Evaluation of pointing performance on screen edges
AVI '08 Proceedings of the working conference on Advanced visual interfaces
DynaSpot: speed-dependent area cursor
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
The angle mouse: target-agnostic dynamic gain adjustment based on angular deviation
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Disambiguating ninja cursors with eye gaze
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Rake cursor: improving pointing performance with concurrent input channels
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
UIMarks: quick graphical interaction with specific targets
UIST '10 Proceedings of the 23nd annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
CursorCamouflage: multiple dummy cursors as a defense against shoulder surfing
SIGGRAPH Asia 2012 Emerging Technologies
Examining the costs of multiple trajectory pointing techniques
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
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When pointing to a target on a computer desktop, we may think we are taking the shortest possible path. But new shortcuts become possible if we allow the mouse cursor to jump from one edge of the screen to the opposite one, i.e., if we turn the desktop into a torus. We discuss the design of TORUSDESKTOP, a pointing technique that allows to wrap the cursor around screen edges to open this pointing backdoor. A dead zone and an off-screen cursor feedback make the technique more usable and more compatible with everyday desktop usage. We report on three controlled experiments conducted to refine the design of the technique and evaluate its performance. The results suggest clear benefits of using the backdoor when target distance is more than 80% the screen size in our experimental conditions.