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Sticky widgets: pseudo-haptic widget enhancements for multi-monitor displays

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People use multiple monitors to increase their display surface and to facilitate multitasking. However, if windows are maximized to fill one screen, users may have difficulties accessing widgets and tools on the borders of the displays, accidentally crossing over to the other display. To assist users of multi monitor displays, we developed a pseudo-haptic approach to enhance boundary widgets. We compared our sticky widget to a standard widget for two multi monitor display configurations: two identical side-by-side monitors, and two separated monitors of different sizes. Our enhancement improved performance by significantly reducing errors for accessing a boundary widget, reducing the number of accidental crossovers to the wrong display and consequently decreasing selection time.

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    CHI EA '05: CHI '05 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
    April 2005
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    DOI:10.1145/1056808
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    1. interaction technique
    2. multiple monitors
    3. pseudo-haptic
    4. sticky widgets
    5. user interface

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