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A study on the use of semaphoric gestures to support secondary task interactions

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We present results of a study that considers (a) gestures outside the context of a specific implementation and (b) their use in supporting secondary, rather than primary tasks in a multitasking environment. The results show semaphoric gestures offer significant benefits over function keys in such interactions, and how our findings can be used to extend models of design and evaluation for ubiquitous computing environments that support multitasking.

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            CHI EA '05: CHI '05 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
            April 2005
            1358 pages
            ISBN:1595930027
            DOI:10.1145/1056808

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