Around the smartphone: Investigating the effects of virtually-extended display size on spatial memory

S Hubenschmid, J Zagermann, D Leicht… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Smartphones conveniently place large information spaces in the palms of our hands. While
research has shown that larger screens positively affect spatial memory, workload, and user …

Exploring the Effects of Virtually-Augmented Display Sizes on Users' Spatial Memory in Smartwatches

ME Jannat, K Hasan - 2023 IEEE International Symposium on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The small display size of the smartwatches makes it difficult to display large amounts of
information on the device. Prior work explored leveraging a second device (eg, Head …

The image of the interface: How people use landmarks to develop spatial memory of commands in graphical interfaces

M Sami Uddin, C Gutwin - Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Graphical User Interfaces present commands at particular locations, arranged in menus,
toolbars, and ribbons. One hallmark of expertise with a GUI is that experts know the …

Fingerarc and fingerchord: Supporting novice to expert transitions with guided finger-aware shortcuts

J Zheng, B Lewis, J Avery, D Vogel - … of the 31st Annual ACM Symposium …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
Keyboard shortcuts can be more efficient than graphical input, but they are underused by
most users. To alleviate this, we present" Guided Finger-Aware Shortcuts" to reduce the gulf …

Investigating the necessity of delay in marking menu invocation

J Henderson, S Malacria, M Nancel… - Proceedings of the 2020 …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Delayed display of menu items is a core design component of marking menus, arguably to
prevent visual distraction and foster the use of mark mode. We investigate these …

Effects of visual distinctiveness on learning and retrieval in icon toolbars

F Chajadi, MS Uddin, C Gutwin - Graphics Interface 2020, 2020 - openreview.net
Learnability is important in graphical interfaces because it supports the user's transition to
expertise. One aspect of GUI learnability is the degree to which the icons in toolbars and …

Improving Video Navigation for Spatial Task Tutorials by Spatially Segmenting and Situating How-To Videos

B Sadprasid, C Gutwin, S Bateman - … of the 2024 ACM Symposium on …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
How-to videos are widely used for accessing instructional content. Many of the tasks
covered in these videos are spatial, requiring movement between locations within a physical …

Revisiting FastTap: Effects of Increasing Command Capacity of Spatial Memory Menus in Tablets

SM Abdullah, MS Uddin - 2024 IEEE 15th Annual Ubiquitous …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Spatially stable multi-touch menus, such as FastTap, utilize users' spatial memory to enable
quick command selection on tablets. Although these tablet interfaces may help develop …

Accidental Landmarks: How Showing (and Removing) Emphasis in a 2D Visualization Affected Retrieval and Revisitation

A Mairena, MS Uddin, C Gutwin - Graphics Interface 2022, 2022 - openreview.net
Many visualizations display large datasets in which it can be difficult for users to find (and re-
find) specific items. In systems that provide highlighting tools (eg, filtering or brushing) …

Effects of Increasing Command Capacity of Spatial Memory Menus in Tablets

SM Abdullah, MS Uddin - … Proceedings of the 2024 Conference on …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Spatially-stable touch menus, like FastTap, leverage users' spatial memory to enable rapid
command selection on tablets. Although these spatial tablet interfaces can aid in developing …