Augmenting User-Maintained Interaction Through Mode Locking and Reversing

Abstract

User-maintained mode is often adopted in facilitating a bimanual interaction using multitouch devices, in which a thumb of a non-dominant hand holding the device can press a part of the screen and keep pressed in order to activate and maintain a temporary mode that is required only for a short period of time, until the user releases the thumb. In this paper, we characterise this particular interactivity and propose novel locking mechanism that supports easy swapping between primary and secondary modes enabling further useful bimanual interaction mechanism that we call reversed mode relationship. We design three prototypes that employ this interactivity and conduct a usability testing with 27 participants. Findings suggest that this interaction works better in applications where there are frequent but short and non-intensive sub-tasks that interrupt the main workflow. We use this insight to further explore more advanced ways to support such interaction.

Affiliations

Singapore University of Technology and Design 8 Somapah Road, Singapore 487372

International Design Institute Zhejiang University Hangzhou, China 300058

Contributors

Katherine Fennedy

Hyowon Lee

Insuk Ko

Yi Ren Tan

Dongliang Zhang

Conference

Publication date: July 2018

Publication date (Print): July 2018

Pages: 1-12

ID: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.9

Copyright statement: © Fennedy et al. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd. Proceedings of British HCI 2018. Belfast, UK.

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Conference name: Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference

Conference acronym: HCI

Conference number: 32

Conference location: Belfast, UK

Conference date: 4 - 6 July 2018

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Human Computer Interaction Conference

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Series title: Electronic Workshops in Computing