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Improving the performance and usability for visual menu interface on mobile computers

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Yaohua Yu,

Zhengjie LiuAuthors Info & Claims

AVI '10: Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces

Pages 369 - 372

https://doi.org/10.1145/1842993.1843065

Published: 26 May 2010 Publication History

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The paper presents an approach to improve the menu interface of mobile computers by supporting the user with audio information. The experiment that compared the standard menu with the sonically-enhanced menu on mobile computers was conducted. The results confirm the improvement of the sonically-enhanced menu in term of the performance and usability.

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AVI '10: Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces

May 2010

427 pages

ISBN:9781450300766

DOI:10.1145/1842993

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