PDA and Gesture Uses in Practice: Insights for Designers of Pen-Based

  • Authors:
  • Allan C Long;James A. Landay;Lawrence A. Rowe

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-

  • Venue:
  • PDA and Gesture Uses in Practice: Insights for Designers of Pen-Based
  • Year:
  • 1998

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Abstract

Gestures are an essential element in the realization of paper-like user interfaces. Unfortunately, poor design and recognition of gestures has impeded the adoption of these interfaces. This paper describes a survey intended to illuminate the problems users have and benefits users enjoy with gesture-based user interfaces. From the results of the survey, we conclude that: users value gestures yet problems with gestures remain; users demand more gestures; and Newtons are used largely as notebooks whereas Pilots are used mostly has personal datebooks and addressbooks. The results of the survey provide insight for designers of pen-based user interfaces and related tools.