DATA-ENTRY KEYBOARD GEOMETRY AND KEYING MOVEMENT TIMES

被引:14
作者
HOFFMANN, ER
TSANG, KK
MU, A
机构
[1] Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC
关键词
KEYBOARDS; MOVEMENT TIME; FITTS LAW;
D O I
10.1080/00140139508925161
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Experiments on fifteen simulated keyboards with different key sizes and inter-key spacings are reported. It was found that the movement time on these keyboards was well described by the model of Drury (Drury and Hoffmann 1992). Minimum movement times occurred when the inter-key spacing was approximately equal to the finger pad size. There was found to be an effect of the number of keys moved, which was not predicted by the model. This effect remained in a further experiment in which the target keys were marked.
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页码:940 / 950
页数:11
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