TAXY TAXY Gives your thumb a lift. Gives your thumb a lift. Julia - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
TAXY TAXY Gives your thumb a lift. Gives your thumb a lift. Julia Hafner L O G L I N E L O G L I N E TAXY is a reachability feature to facilitate one-handed interaction with smartphones. Once activated by a fl ick gesture, TAXY generates a
Gives your thumb a lift.
Gives your thumb a lift.
Julia Hafner L O G L I N E L O G L I N E
TAXY is a reachability feature to facilitate one-handed interaction with smartphones. Once activated by a flick gesture, TAXY generates a new virtual cursor, determined by the user’s thumb position and the current values of the accelerometer. Distant elements can easily be reached - even on a large screen. i l t
T A X Y
c c e l e r a t i o n
HUAWEI Mini Screen View APPLE
Reachability
S K E T C H I N G S K E T C H I N G
Problem: How to adjust on the fly?
X - T I L T
Y - T I L T
D E V E L O P M E N T
T A S K S
1a 1b 2a 2b
Select Rectangles (Touch only) Select Rectangles (Touch + TAXY) Delete Ellipses (Touch only) Delete Ellipses (Touch + TAXY) U S E R T E S T S
Delete Ellipses (Touch only)2a
Delete Ellipses (Touch + TAXY)2b
LIVE DEMO
IMPROVEMENTS
new activation gesture add a “magnet” minimalistic design
RESULTS
not necessarily faster than normal touch but more comfortable, less risky easy to learn, intuitive more suitable for drag & drop than selection task