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PAPER | User Learning and Performance with Bezel Menus
Mohit Jain, Ravin Balakrishnan, University of Toronto, Canada
Describes the performance of different bezel menu layouts. Using
the results, presents a bezel-based text entry technique for eyesfree
interaction with the phone. Concludes with design
implications for bezel menus.
NOTE | Determining the Orientation of Proximate
Mobile Devices using their Back Facing Camera
David Dearman, Nokia Research Center, Finland
Richard Guy, Khai Truong, University of Toronto, Canada
Novel method to determine the relative orientation or proximate
mobile device using only their backside camera. We implemented
this method as a service to provide orientation information to
mobile applications.
NOTE | Phone as a Pixel: Enabling Ad-Hoc, Large-Scale
Displays Using Mobile Devices
Julia Schwarz, David Klionsky, Chris Harrison, Carnegie Mellon
University, USA
Paul Dietz, Microsoft Research, USA
Andrew Wilson, Microsoft Research, UK
We present system for creating large displays from a collection of
smaller devices, opening opportunities for creating large displays
using individuals mobile phones at events such as conferences
and concerts.
n TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS | 12AB
CULTURE, PLAYFULNESS, AND CREATIVITY
SESSION CHAIR: Lucian Leahu, Cornell University, USA
PAPER | Uncomfortable Interactions
Steve Benford, Chris Greenhalgh, University of
Nottingham, UK
Gabriella Giannachi, The University of Exeter
Brendan Walker, Joe Marshall, Tom Rodden, University of
Nottingham, UK
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Discomfort can enhance the entertainment, enlightenment and
sociality of cultural experiences. We explore how four kinds of
discomfort - visceral, cultural, control and intimacy - can be
ethically embedded into experiences.
14:30—15:50 | Afternoon | Wednesday
PAPER | Appreciating plei-plei around Mobiles:
Playfulness in Rah Island &
Pedro Ferreira, Mobile Life Centre, Stockholm University, Sweden
Kristina Höök, Mobile Life Centre, Stockholm University, Sweden
Describes field work in Vanuatu around first time mobile phone
adoption in an isolated community. Can assist designers and
researchers involve playfulness in the design process of limited,
inexpensive technologies.
ToCHI | Improving Performance, Perceived Usability,
and Aesthetics with Culturally Adaptive User Interfaces
Katharina Reinecke, Harvard University, USA
Abraham Bernstein, University of Zurich
Beautiful? Usable? Not in my culture! We demonstrate how
culturally adaptive interfaces can result in a significant improvement
of performance and user experience for multicultural users.
CASE STUDY | Digital Art and Interaction: Lessons in
Collaboration
David England, LJMU, UK
We present the evolution of Digital Art and HCI collaborations via
three case studies. Such collaborations need early, ongoing
engagement and HCI techniques need to evolve to support future
collaborations.
n TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS | 16AB
USABILITY METHODS
SESSION CHAIR: Effie Law, University of Leicester, UK
PAPER | What Do Users Really Care About? A
Comparison of Usability Problems Found by Users and
Experts on Highly Interactive Websites
Helen Petrie, Christopher Power, University of York, UK
A new set of heuristics to assist in the development and evaluation
of highly interactive websites, based on analysis of 935 problems
encountered by users on websites.
PAPER | The Effect of Task Assignments and Instruction
Types on Remote Asynchronous Usability Testing
Anders Bruun, Jan Stage, Aalborg University, Denmark
This paper presents a study of the effect of task assignments and
instruction types on the number and variability of identified
usability problems in a remote asynchronous usability test
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