Design and validation of an improved graphical user interface with the 'Tool ball'

被引：6
作者：
Lee, Kuo-Wei [1 ]
Lee, Ying-Chu [2 ]
机构：
[1] Natl Taichung Inst Technol, Dept Business Adm, Tainan 708, Taiwan
[2] Chung Yuan Christian Univ, Dept Chem, Tao Yuan, Taiwan
来源：
APPLIED ERGONOMICS | 2012年 / 43卷 / 01期
关键词：
Graphical user interface; Mouse wheel; Software; Tool ball; COMPUTER MOUSE; ACCEPTANCE; USABILITY; MODEL; TAM;
D O I：
10.1016/j.apergo.2011.03.004
中图分类号：
T [工业技术];
学科分类号：
08 ;
摘要：
The purpose of this research is introduce the design of an improved graphical user interface (GUI) and verifies the operational efficiency of the proposed interface. Until now, clicking the toolbar with the mouse is the usual way to operate software functions. In our research, we designed an improved graphical user interface - a tool ball that is operated by a mouse wheel to perform software functions. Several experiments are conducted to measure the time needed to operate certain software functions with the traditional combination of "mouse click + tool button" and the proposed integration of "mouse wheel + tool ball". The results indicate that the tool ball design can accelerate the speed of operating software functions, decrease the number of icons on the screen, and enlarge the applications of the mouse wheel. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd and The Ergonomics Society. All rights reserved.
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页码：57 / 68
页数：12
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