{"title":"An analysis of the index finger as a pointing device","authors":"Mehmet Gokturk, J. Sibert","doi":"10.1145/632716.632892","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"We have conducted three related experiments in order to analyze the performance of the index finger as a pointing device. The results indicate that the performance of the index finger is significantly better as a direct pointing device [1] than as an indirect pointing device using an isometric finger-controlled joystick (Trackpoint). We included a mouse as a \"control\" condition and in two of the three experiments, the mouse and the finger exhibited similar performance.","PeriodicalId":263696,"journal":{"name":"CHI '99 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems","volume":"187 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1999-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"15","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"CHI '99 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1145/632716.632892","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 15
Abstract
We have conducted three related experiments in order to analyze the performance of the index finger as a pointing device. The results indicate that the performance of the index finger is significantly better as a direct pointing device [1] than as an indirect pointing device using an isometric finger-controlled joystick (Trackpoint). We included a mouse as a "control" condition and in two of the three experiments, the mouse and the finger exhibited similar performance.