Predictive interaction using the Delphian Desktop

Takeshi Asano, Ehud Sharlin, Yoshifumi Kitamura, Kazuki Takashima, Fumio Kishino

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Abstract

This paper details the design and evaluation of the Delphian Desktop, a mechanism for online spatial prediction of cursor movements in a Windows-lcons-Menus-Pointers (WIMP) environment. Interaction with WIMP-based interfaces often becomes a spatially challenging task when the physical interaction mediators are the common mouse and a high resolution, physically large display screen. These spatial challenges are especially evident in overly crowded Windows desktops. The Delphian Desktop integrates simple yet effective predictive spatial tracking and selection paradigms into ordinary WIMP environments in order to simplify and ease pointing tasks. Predictions are calculated by tracking cursor movements and estimating spatial intentions using a computationally inexpensive online algorithm based on estimating the movement direction and peak velocity. In testing the Delphian Desktop effectively shortened pointing time to faraway icons, and reduced the overall physical distance the mouse (and user hand) had to mechanically traverse. Copyright ACM.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationUIST 2005
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the 18th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages133-141
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)159593023X, 9781595930231
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005
EventUIST 2005: 18th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology - Seattle, WA, United States
Duration: 2005 Oct 232005 Oct 26

Publication series

NameUIST: Proceedings of the Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Softaware and Technology

Conference

ConferenceUIST 2005: 18th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySeattle, WA
Period05/10/2305/10/26

Keywords

  • Cursor
  • Desktop
  • Graphics User Interfaces (GUI)
  • Mouse
  • Prediction
  • Windows Icons Menus Pointer (WIMP)

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