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      A Comparison of Shortcut and Step-by-Step Adaptive Menus for Smartphones

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      Proceedings of the 30th International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI)
      Fusion
      11 - 15 July 2016
      Adaptation, Adaptive menu, Navigation, Nested lists, Prediction, Prediction window
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            Abstract

            This paper reports on the results of an experiment comparing two graphical adaptive menus for smartphones in order to improve their hierarchical navigation: “Shortcut Menu” and “Step-by-Step Menu” keep constant the actual presentation of initial menus and overlay them with a prediction window displaying the most frequently used menu items, wherever they are located in the hierarchy. In order to reach predicted items, the “Step-by-Step Menu” maintains the consistency with the initial menu through a level-by-level navigation while the “Shortcut Menu” directly moves the end user towards the predicted menu item, thus shortcutting the hierarchical navigation. Thirteen subjects performed fifty tests each on smartphones and data were collected about their item selection time and error rate. The “Step-by-Step Menu” has a positive impact on both variables, whether frequently used menu items are accurately predicted or not. The “Step-by-Step Menu” is fast, but could induce some problems when prediction is wrong.

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            July 2016
            July 2016
            : 1-12
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            [1 ]Orange Labs, 28 chemin du Vieux Chêne, F-38240 Meylan (France)
            [2 ]Univ. Grenoble Alpes, LIG, CNRS, LIG, F-38000 Grenoble (France)
            [3 ]Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain School of Management, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium)
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            10.14236/ewic/HCI2016.26
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            Proceedings of the 30th International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference
            HCI
            30
            Bournemouth University, Poole, UK
            11 - 15 July 2016
            Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)
            Fusion
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            1477-9358 BCS Learning & Development

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            Electronic Workshops in Computing

            Applied computer science,Computer science,Security & Cryptology,Graphics & Multimedia design,General computer science,Human-computer-interaction
            Adaptation,Adaptive menu,Navigation,Nested lists,Prediction,Prediction window

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