The nudging technique: input method without fine-grained pointing by pushing a segment

Authors:
Shota Yamanaka;Homei Miyashita
Affiliations:
Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan;Meiji University and JST CREST, Tokyo and Saitama, Japan
Venue:
Proceedings of the adjunct publication of the 26th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
Year:
2013

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Abstract

The Nudging Technique is a new manipulation paradigm for GUIs. With traditional techniques, the user sometimes has to perform a fine-grained operation (e.g., pointing at the edge of a window to resize). When the user makes a mistake in the pointing, problems may arise such as an accidental switching of the foreground window. The nudging technique relieves the user from the fine pointing before dragging; the user just moves the cursor to a target then pushes it. Visual and acoustic feedbacks also help the user's operation. We describe two application examples: window resizing and spreadsheet cell resizing systems.