International Journal of Man-Machine Studies
Split menus: effectively using selection frequency to organize menus
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI)
Finding and reminding: file organization from the desktop
ACM SIGCHI Bulletin
Finding and using implicit structure in human-organized spatial layouts of information
CHI '95 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Model-based evaluation of cell phone menu interaction
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
In pursuit of desktop evolution: User problems and practices with modern desktop systems
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI)
Inducing shortcuts on a mobile phone interface
Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces
Target size study for one-handed thumb use on small touchscreen devices
Proceedings of the 8th conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices and services
Personal customisation of mobile phones: a case study
Proceedings of the 4th Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction: changing roles
Capturing the effects of context on human performance in mobile computing systems
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
A predictive model of menu performance
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Genetic algorithm can optimize hierarchical menus
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Proceedings of the 9th international conference on Human computer interaction with mobile devices and services
Theory of personalization of appearance: why users personalize their pcs and mobile phones
Human-Computer Interaction
Contextual patterns in mobile service usage
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
Automatic mobile menu customization based on user operation history
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services
Animated Transitions for Adaptive Small Size Mobile Menus
INTERACT '09 Proceedings of the 12th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Part I
SmartActions: Context-Aware Mobile Phone Shortcuts
INTERACT '09 Proceedings of the 12th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Part I
Mobile taskflow in context: a screenshot study of smartphone usage
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Exploiting the icon arrangement on mobile devices as information source for context-awareness
Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Human computer interaction with mobile devices and services
By their apps you shall understand them: mining large-scale patterns of mobile phone usage
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia
What drives customization?: control or identity?
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services
Understanding and prediction of mobile application usage for smart phones
Proceedings of the 2012 ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing
My App is an Experiment: Experience from User Studies in Mobile App Stores
International Journal of Mobile Human Computer Interaction
Oh app, where art thou?: on app launching habits of smartphone users
Proceedings of the 15th international conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices and services
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The number of available mobile applications is steadily increasing. People have rapidly adopted application stores as means to customize their devices with various functionalities that go beyond communication. Understanding the principles of mobile application usage is crucial for supporting users within this new ecosystem. In this paper, we investigate how people organize applications they have installed on their devices. We asked more than 130 participants for their habits for icon arrangement and collected more than 1,400 screenshots of their devices' menus to further ground our findings. Based on this data we can distinguish five different concepts for arranging icons on smartphone menus, e.g. based on application usage frequency and applications' functional relatedness. Additionally, we investigated how these concepts emerge in relation to frequency of application installations, removals and icon rearrangements, as well as users' experience levels. Finally we discuss implications for the design of smartphone launchers, and highlight differences to icon arrangement on stationary computers.