Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10367127 | Interacting with Computers | 2005 | 22 Pages |
Abstract
It is generally recognized that today's frontier of HCI research lies beyond the traditional desktop computers whose GUI interfaces were built on the foundation of display-pointing device-full keyboard. Many interface challenges arise without such a physical UI foundation. Text writing-ranging from entering URLs and search queries, filling forms, typing commands, to taking notes and writing emails and chat messages-is one of the hard problems awaiting for solutions in off-desktop computing. This paper summarizes and synthesizes a research program on this topic at the IBM Almaden Research Center. It analyzes various dimensions that constitute a good text input interface; briefly reviews related literature; discusses the evaluation methodology issues of text input; presents the major ideas and results of two systems, ATOMIK and SHARK; and points out current and future directions in the area from our current vantage point.
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Authors
Shumin Zhai, Per-Ola Kristensson, Barton A. Smith,