Typing on flat glass
Common methods of text entry on flat screens pale in comparison to keyboards
-no tactile feedback
solutions: curved keyboard w/ gap
Virtual vs.Physical keyboard
Participants were skilled typists
Typing patterns differ when users have visual vs. non visual keyboard
SKIM READING
Rapid selective reading strategy to compensate for shear volume of text presented in online format – to maximize information gained
-skimming can improve readers understanding given a fixed period of time
Eye movements correlate to the length of time given to skim the document
-Information foraging
Its interesting that the test material was an article on hypnosis and one on hyper-activity, they seem like polar opposite
-Important sentences were read for longer than unimportant
-Gaze time was longer for sentences where questions were answered correctly
-Lines at the top of the page were more likely to be fixated upon
Satisficing is the winner!!!!!!
-Users attention needs to be captured fairly quickly
Homepages may be read more in an f-shape
Measure of readers perceptions of their progress would help understand decisions taken by readersa