Proximal and distal selection of widgets: Designing distributed UI for mobile interaction with large display

Umar Rashid; Jarmo Kauko; Jonna Häkkilä; Aaron Quigley

doi:10.1145/2037373.2037446

Proximal and distal selection of widgets: Designing distributed UI for mobile interaction with large display

Umar Rashid^*, Jarmo Kauko, Jonna Häkkilä, Aaron Quigley

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School of Computer Science

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Abstract

A smartphone having touchscreen and short-range networking facilities makes efficient remote control for a large display. In this paper, we report on the results of a case study examining the user performance of Proximal Selection (PS) and Distal Selection (DS) of remote control widgets. DS uses a mobile pointer to zoom-in the region of interest and select the widgets on the large display. PS involves pointing at the large display to transfer the zoom-in view of the pointed region onto the mobile touchscreen and make selections thereafter. The experimental results indicate that PS outperforms DS in terms of speed and user satisfaction with physical effort involved especially in complex tasks requiring multiple widget selection. DS was found to be favorable for simple tasks as it has lower error rate and it does not require attention switch between the mobile and the large display.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Mobile HCI 2011 - 13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services
Pages	495-498
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2037373.2037446
Publication status	Published - 27 Oct 2011
Event	13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, Mobile HCI 2011 - Stockholm, Sweden Duration: 30 Aug 2011 → 2 Sept 2011

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Conference	13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, Mobile HCI 2011
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Stockholm
Period	30/08/11 → 2/09/11

Keywords

distributed user interfaces
large display
mobile touchscreen
second screen

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Rashid, U, Kauko, J, Häkkilä, J & Quigley, A 2011, Proximal and distal selection of widgets: Designing distributed UI for mobile interaction with large display. in Mobile HCI 2011 - 13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services. pp. 495-498, 13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, Mobile HCI 2011, Stockholm, Sweden, 30/08/11. https://doi.org/10.1145/2037373.2037446

Proximal and distal selection of widgets: Designing distributed UI for mobile interaction with large display. / Rashid, Umar; Kauko, Jarmo; Häkkilä, Jonna et al.
Mobile HCI 2011 - 13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services. 2011. p. 495-498.

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