User Interface Overloading, a Novel Approach for Handheld Device Text Input
 

James Hudson, Alan Dix, Alan Parkes

Lancaster University, Computing Department, UK
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Paper presented at HCI2004, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK, 6-10 September, 2004.

Full reference:
J. Hudson, A. Dix and A. Parkes (2004). User Interface Overloading, a Novel Approach for Handheld Device Text Input. Proceedings of HCI2004, Springer-Verlag. pp. 69-85.
http://www.hcibook.com/alan/papers/
HCI2004-overloading/


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abstract

Text input with a PDA is not as easy as it should be, especially when compared to a desktop set up with a standard keyboard. The abundance of attempted solutions to the text input problem for mobile devices provides evidence of the difficulties, and suggests the need for more imaginative approaches. We propose a novel gesture driven layer interaction model using animated transparent overlays, which integrates agreeably with common windowing models.

Keywords: text input, PDA, transparent layers, visual overloading.

Alan Dix 6/6/2004