Overcoming touchscreen user fatigue by workplace design

  • Authors:
  • Bengt Ahlström;Sören Lenman;Thomas Marmolin

  • Affiliations:
  • IPlab Interaction and Presentation Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden;Ecolé Polytechnique de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada;National Defence Research Establishment, Linköping, Sweden

  • Venue:
  • CHI '92 Posters and Short Talks of the 1992 SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 1992

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Abstract

The effect of touchscreen inclination and elbow support on arm fatigue was studied in a factorial design. Inclinations were 0°, 22.5°, 30° 45°, 60° and 90° from horizontal. The subjects could or could not rest the elbow on the desk. Results indicated that an inclination of 22.5° was least fatiguing. The inclination of 30° got the highest preference ratings, however, 90° was the poorest inclinations with respect to both fatigue and precision. For all inclinations elbow support reduced arm fatigue.