The optimal focus position when scrolling using a small display

J Whalley; A Monk

The optimal focus position when scrolling using a small display

J Whalley, A Monk

Psychology

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Abstract

When scrolling through a list on a small display, such as that on a cell phone, the "focus" is the currently highlighted item that would be selected were the user to stop scrolling and choose select. When scrolling through a list that is longer than the number of items that may be displayed simultaneously, the focus position becomes stationary and the items scroll under it. An experiment is reported which varies this stationary focus position in a five item display. It was either: the last item in window (end stop scheme), the next to last (view forward one item) or the centre (view forward two items). The centre position allowed significantly faster scrolling than the other two positions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION - INTERACT 2005, PROCEEDINGS
Editors	MF Costabile, F Paterno
Place of Publication	BERLIN
Publisher	Springer
Pages	982-985
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	3-540-28943-7
Publication status	Published - 2005
Event	International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction - Rome Duration: 12 Sept 2005 → 16 Sept 2005

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
City	Rome
Period	12/09/05 → 16/09/05

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