Pen-based computing
Comments on "Pen-Based Interaction Techniques for Organizing
Material on an Electronic Whiteboard," by Thomas P. Moran,
Patrick Chiu, and William van Melle, in Proceedings of the ACM
Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, UIST '97, Banff,
Alberta, Canada, pp. 45-54, October 1997.
Good points
- I never realized there was so much involved in pen-based
interfaces. The article was eye-opening for me.
I guess I'm out of touch...
- I like their emphasis on being able to move and
restructure the information on the board. There seems to
be some way to go to arrive at the canonical operations
(assuming there is such a thing).
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Bad points
- Color? I wondered why color was not used as a way of
grouping.
- Since I have no experience with pen-based computing, I assume that
the pen has no controls other than touching it on the board.
- The statement "This is not a walk-up-and-use" interface was rather
odd. Firstly, because it does seem to contradict their "openness
principle" and goals of exploration and fun. Secondly, why not just
use conventional widgets like buttons and pop-up context-sensitive
menus when the pen idiom breaks down?
Comments on Pen
Computing for Air Traffic Control, by Stephane Chatty and Patrick
Lecoanet, in Proceedings of CHI '96: Human Factors in Computing
Systems, Vancouver, pp. 87-94, April 1996.
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Comments on Recognition
Accuracy and User Acceptance of Pen Interfaces, by Clive Frankish,
et. al., in Proceedings of CHI '95: Human Factors in Computing
Systems, Denver, pp. 503-510, May 1995.
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John Reekie, February twenty-somethingth, 1998.