Investigating the Effect of Orientation and Visual Style on Touchscreen Slider Performance

Ashley Colley; Sven Mayer; Niels Henze

doi:10.1145/3290605.3300419

Investigating the Effect of Orientation and Visual Style on Touchscreen Slider Performance

Ashley Colley, Sven Mayer, Niels Henze

Faculty of Art and Design

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Abstract

Sliders are one of the most fundamental components usedin touchscreen user interfaces (UIs). When entering datausing a slider, errors occur due e.g. to visual perception,resulting in inputs not matching what is intended by the user.However, it is unclear if the errors occur uniformly acrossthe full range of the slider or if there are systematic offsets.We conducted a study to assess the errors occurring whenentering values with horizontal and vertical sliders as wellas two common visual styles. Our results reveal significanteffects of slider orientation and style on the precision of theentered values. Furthermore, we identify systematic offsetsthat depend on the visual style and the target value. As theerrors are partially systematic, they can be compensated toimprove users’ precision. Our findings provide UI designerswith data to optimize user experiences in the wide varietyof application areas where slider based touchscreen input isused.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI '19
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Editors	Ashley Colley, Sven Mayer , Niels Henze
Place of Publication	New York, NY, USA
Publisher	ACM
Pages	189:1-189:9
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4503-5970-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300419
Publication status	Published - 2019
MoEC publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Extended Abstracts of the 2021 - Yokohama, Japan Duration: 8 May 2021 → 13 May 2021 https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3411763

Publication series

Series	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Conference

Conference	CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Abbreviated title	CHI
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Yokohama
Period	08.05.2021 → 13.05.2021
Internet address	https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3411763

Keywords

input
mobile device
slider
touchscreen
visual analogue scale

Field of science

Visual arts and design

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10.1145/3290605.3300419Licence: CC BY-NC

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Colley, Ashley ; Mayer, Sven ; Henze, Niels. / Investigating the Effect of Orientation and Visual Style on Touchscreen Slider Performance. CHI '19 : Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. editor / Ashley Colley ; Sven Mayer ; Niels Henze . New York, NY, USA : ACM , 2019. pp. 189:1-189:9 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

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Colley, A, Mayer, S & Henze, N 2019, Investigating the Effect of Orientation and Visual Style on Touchscreen Slider Performance. in A Colley, S Mayer & N Henze (eds), CHI '19 : Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM , New York, NY, USA, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, pp. 189:1-189:9, CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Yokohama, Japan, 08.05.2021. https://doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300419

Investigating the Effect of Orientation and Visual Style on Touchscreen Slider Performance. / Colley, Ashley; Mayer, Sven; Henze, Niels.
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Colley A, Mayer S, Henze N. Investigating the Effect of Orientation and Visual Style on Touchscreen Slider Performance. In Colley A, Mayer S, Henze N, editors, CHI '19 : Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY, USA: ACM . 2019. p. 189:1-189:9. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). doi: 10.1145/3290605.3300419

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