How does Fitts' law fit pointing and dragging?
CHI '90 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Young children's skill in using a mouse to control a graphical computer interface
Computers & Education
Human performance using computer input devices in the preferred and non-preferred hands
CHI '93 Proceedings of the INTERACT '93 and CHI '93 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Multimedia support of early literacy learning
Computers & Education
Drag-and-Drop vs. Point-and-Click Mouse Interaction for Children
Drag-and-Drop vs. Point-and-Click Mouse Interaction for Children
User interface technologies and guidelines to support children's creativity, collaboration, and learning
Differences in pointing task performance between preschool children and adults using mice
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI)
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies - Special issue: Fitts law 50 years later: Applications and contributions from human-computer interaction
Young children's ability to use a computer mouse
Computers & Education
Interaction Design and Children
Foundations and Trends in Human-Computer Interaction
Analyzing Interaction Techniques Using Mouse and Keyboard for Preschool Children
USAB '09 Proceedings of the 5th Symposium of the Workgroup Human-Computer Interaction and Usability Engineering of the Austrian Computer Society on HCI and Usability for e-Inclusion
User experience to improve the usability of a vision-based interface
Interacting with Computers
A case study on designing interfaces for multiple users in developing regions
Proceedings of the First ACM Symposium on Computing for Development
Children may expect drag-and-drop instead of point-and-click
CHI '11 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Design and evaluation of a novel trackball input device for middle-aged users
IDGD'11 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Internationalization, design and global development
Knowledge journey: a web search interface for young users
Proceedings of the Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction and Information Retrieval
Specifics of information retrieval for young users: A survey
Information Processing and Management: an International Journal
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The main argument against the use of drag-and-drop in software for young children is that it may be too difficult for them to maintain pressure on the mouse button during movement. The present research findings refuted this argument by showing that most errors made by children from Kindergarten 2 and Grade 1 and university students occur at the beginning and end of a move and not in between. The results also show that the number of errors are affected by receptor size and movement direction, but not by movement distance. Based on these results, design guidelines are formulated.