756
Views
60
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

How Age Affects Pointing With Mouse and Touchpad: A Comparison of Young, Adult, and Elderly Users

&
Pages 703-734 | Published online: 23 Jun 2010

REFERENCES

  • Badan , M. , Hauert , C.-A. and Mounoud , P. 2000 . Sequential pointing in children and adults . Journal of Experimental Child Psychology , 75 ( 1 ) : 43 – 69 .
  • Ceaparu , I. , Lazar , J. , Bessiere , K. , Robinson , J. and Shneiderman , B. 2004 . Determining causes and severity of end-user frustration . International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction , 17 : 333 – 356 .
  • Chaparro , A. , Bohan , M. , Fernandez , J. , Choi , S. D. and Kattel , B. 1999 . The impact of age on computer input device use: Psychophysical and physiological measures . International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics , 24 : 503 – 513 .
  • Crossman , E.R.F.W. and Goodeve , P.J. 1983 . Feedback control of hand-movement and Fitts' Law . Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology , 35A ( 2 ) : 251 – 278 .
  • Dillen , H. , Phillips , J. G. and Meehan , J. W. 2005 . Kinematic analysis of cursor trajectories controlled with a touchpad . International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction , 19 : 223 – 239 .
  • Donker , A. and Reitsma , P. 2007 . Aiming and clicking in young children's use of the computer mouse . Computers in Human Behavior , 23 : 2863 – 2874 .
  • Douglas , S. A. , Kirkpatrick , A. E. and MacKenzie , I. S. Testing pointing device performance and user assessment with the ISO 9241, part 9 standard . Proceedings of the CHI 99 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems . New York. pp. 215 – 222 . ACM Press .
  • Elliott , D. , Helsen , W. F. and Chua , R. 2001 . A century later: Woodworth's (1899) two-component model of goal-directed aiming . Psychological Bulletin , 127 : 342 – 357 .
  • Epps , B. W. Comparison of six cursor control devices based on Fitts' law models . Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 30th Annual Meeting . Santa Monica, CA. pp. 327 – 331 . Human Factors Society .
  • Fitts , P. M. 1954 . The information capacity of the human motor system in controlling the amplitude of movement . Journal of Experimental Psychology , 47 : 381 – 391 .
  • Fleiss , J. 1981 . Statistical methods for rates and proportions , New York : Wiley .
  • Grossman , T. and Balakrishnan , R. The bubble cursor: Enhancing target acquisition by dynamically resizing of the cursor's activation area . Proceedings of the CHI 2005 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems . New York. pp. 281 – 290 . ACM Press .
  • Guiard , Y. and Beaudouin-Lafon , M. 2004 . Fitts' Law 50 years later: Applications and contributions from human-computer interaction [Special issue] . International Journal of Human-Computer Studies , 61 ( 6 )
  • Guiard , Y. , Blanch , R. and Beaudouin-Lafon , M. Object pointing: A complement to bitmap pointing in GUIs . Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2004 . London, Ontario, Canada. pp. 9 – 16 . Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society .
  • Hertzum , M. and Hornbæk , K. 2007 . Input techniques that dynamically change their cursor activation area: A comparison of bubble and cell cursors . International Journal of Human-Computer Studies , 65 : 833 – 851 .
  • Hourcade , J. P. 2006 . “ Design for children ” . In Handbook of human factors and ergonomics , 3rd , Edited by: Salvendy , G. 1446 – 1458 . Hoboken, NJ : Wiley .
  • Hourcade , J. P. , Bederson , B. B. , Druin , A. and Guimbretière , F. 2004 . Differences in pointing task performance between preschool children and adults using mice . ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction , 11 : 357 – 386 .
  • Hwang , F. , Keates , S. , Langdon , P. and Clarkson , J. 2005 . A submovement analysis of cursor trajectories . Behaviour & Information Technology , 24 : 205 – 217 .
  • ISO . 2000 . Ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals (VDT's) – Part 9: Requirements for non-keyboard input devices , Vol. 9241 , Geneva, , Switzerland : International Organization for Standardization .
  • Kaiser , J. F. and Reed , W. A. 1977 . Data smoothing using low-pass digital filters . Review of Scientific Instruments , 48 : 1447 – 1457 .
  • Kaiser , J. F. and Reed , W. A. 1978 . Bandpass (bandstop) digital filter design routine . Review of Scientific Instruments , 49 : 1103 – 1106 .
  • Ketcham , C. J. , Seidler , R. D. , van Gemmert , A. W. A. and Stelmach , G. E. 2002 . Age-related kinematic differences as influenced by task difficulty, target size, and movement amplitude . Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences , 57B ( 1 ) : 54 – 64 .
  • Ketcham , C. J. and Stelmach , G. E. 2001 . “ Age-related declines in motor control ” . In Handbook of the psychology of aging , 5th , Edited by: Birren , J. E. and Schaie , K. W. 313 – 348 . San Diego, CA : Academic Press .
  • Kurtenbach , G. P. , Sellen , A. J. and Buxton , W. A. S. 1993 . An empirical evaluation of some articulatory and cognitive aspects of marking menus . Human-Computer Interaction , 8 : 1 – 23 .
  • Lambert , J. and Bard , C. 2005 . Acquisition of visuomanual skills and improvement of information processing capacities in 6- to 10-year-old children performing a 2D pointing task . Neuroscience Letters , 377 ( 1 ) : 1 – 6 .
  • Lank , E. , Cheng , Y.-C. N. and Ruiz , J. Endpoint prediction using motion kinematics . Proceedings of the CHI 2007 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems . New York. pp. 637 – 646 . ACM Press .
  • MacKenzie , I. S. 1992 . Fitts' law as a research and design tool in human–computer interaction . Human-Computer Interaction , 7 : 91 – 139 .
  • MacKenzie , I. S. , Kauppinen , T. and Silfverberg , M. Accuracy measures for evaluating computer pointing devices . Proceedings of the CHI 2001 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems . New York. pp. 9 – 16 . ACM Press .
  • McGuffin , M. and Balakrishnan , R. 2005 . Fitts' Law and expanding targets: Experimental studies and designs for user interfaces . ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction , 12 : 388 – 422 .
  • Meyer , D. E. , Abrams , R.A. , Kornblum , S. , Wright , C. E. and Smith , J. E. K. 1988 . Optimality in human motor performance: Ideal control of rapid aimed movements . Psychological Review , 95 : 340 – 370 .
  • Mithal , A. K. and Douglas , S. A. Differences in movement microstructure of the mouse and the finger-controlled isometric joystick . Proceedings of the CHI 96 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems . New York. pp. 300 – 307 . ACM Press .
  • Moyle , M. and Cockburn , A. 2005 . A flick in the right direction: A case study of gestural input . Behaviour & Information Technology , 24 : 275 – 288 .
  • Murata , A. 1998 . Improvement of pointing time by predicting targets in pointing with a PC mouse . International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction , 10 : 23 – 32 .
  • Nichols , T. A. , Rogers , W. A. and Fisk , A. D. 2003 . Do you know how old your participants are? . Ergonomics in Design , 11 ( 3 ) : 22 – 26 .
  • Nichols , T. A. , Rogers , W. A. and Fisk , A. D. 2006 . “ Design for aging ” . In Handbook of human factors and ergonomics , 3rd , Edited by: Salvendy , G. 1418 – 1445 . Hoboken, NJ : Wiley .
  • Phillips , J. G. and Triggs , T. J. 2001 . Characteristics of cursor trajectories controlled by the computer mouse . Ergonomics , 44 : 527 – 536 .
  • Pohl , P. S. , Winstein , C. J. and Fisher , B. E. 1996 . The locus of age-related movement slowing: Sensory processing demands of a continuous goal-directed aiming task . Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences , 51B ( 2 ) : 94 – 102 .
  • Ren , X. and Moriya , S. 2000 . Improving selection performance on pen-based systems: A study of pen-based interaction for selection tasks . ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction , 7 : 384 – 416 .
  • Scaife , M. and Bond , R. 1991 . Developmental changes in childrens' use of computer input devices . Early Child Development and Care , 69 ( 1 ) : 19 – 38 .
  • Seidler , R. and Stelmach , G. 1996 . “ Motor control ” . In Encyclopedia of gerontology. Volume 2 , Edited by: Birren , J. 177 – 185 . San Diego, CA : Academic Press .
  • Smith , M. W. , Sharit , J. and Czaja , S. J. 1999 . Aging, motor control, and the performance of computer mouse tasks . Human Factors , 41 : 389 – 396 .
  • Smyrnis , N. , Evdokimidis , I. , Constantinidis , T. S. and Kastrinakis , G. 2000 . Speed-accuracy trade-off in the performance of pointing movements in different directions in two-dimensional space . Experimental Brain Research , 134 : 21 – 31 .
  • Soukoreff , R. W. and MacKenzie , I. S. 2004 . Towards a standard for pointing device evaluation, perspectives on 27 years of Fitts' Law research in HCI . International Journal of Human-Computer Studies , 61 : 751 – 789 .
  • Strommen , E. F. , Revelle , G. L. , Medoff , L. M. and Razavi , S. 1996 . Slow and steady wins the race? Three-year-old children and pointing device use . Behaviour & Information Technology , 15 : 57 – 64 .
  • Walker , N. , Philbin , D. A. and Fisk , A. D. 1997 . Age-related differences in movement control: Adjusting submovement structure to optimize performance . Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences , 52B ( 1 ) : 40 – 52 .
  • Welford , A. T. 1977 . “ Motor performance ” . In Handbook of the psychology of aging , Edited by: Birren , J. E. and Schaie , K. W. 450 – 496 . New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold .
  • Whisenand , T. G. and Emurian , H. H. 1996 . Effects of angle of approach on cursor movement with a mouse: Consideration of Fitts' Law . Computers in Human Behavior , 12 : 481 – 495 .
  • Worden , A. , Walker , N. , Bharat , K. and Hudson , S. Making computers easier for older adults to use: Area cursors and sticky icons . Proceedings of the CHI 97 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems . New York. pp. 266 – 271 . ACM Press .
  • Zhai , S. 2004 . Characterizing computer input with Fitts' Law parameters—The information and non-information aspects of pointing . International Journal of Human-Computer Studies , 61 : 791 – 809 .

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.