A user study on image browsing on touchscreens

  • Authors:
  • David Ahlström;Marco A. Hudelist;Klaus Schoeffmann;Gerald Schaefer

  • Affiliations:
  • Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria;Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria;Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria;Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 20th ACM international conference on Multimedia
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

Default image browsing interfaces on touch-based mobile devices provide limited support for image search tasks. To facilitate fast and convenient searches we propose an alternative interface that takes advantage of 3D graphics and arranges images on a rotatable globe according to color similarity. In a user study we compare the new design to the iPad's image browser. Results collected from 24 participants show that for color-sorted image collections the globe can reduce search time by 23% without causing more errors and that it is perceived as being fun to use and preferred over the standard browsing interface by 70% of the participants.