Arrow tag: A direction-key-based technique for rapidly selecting hyperlinks while gazing at a screen

Atsuhiko Maeda; Hirohito Inagaki; Masanobu Abe

doi:10.1145/1518701.1518857

Arrow tag: A direction-key-based technique for rapidly selecting hyperlinks while gazing at a screen

Atsuhiko Maeda, Hirohito Inagaki, Masanobu Abe

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Abstract

Television sets and video game consoles equipped with a web browser have appeared, and we are now able to browse web pages on television screens. However, existing navigation techniques are too difficult in this situation. In this paper, we propose Arrow Tag, a new link selection technique for web browsers on TV. In this technique, sequences of arrow signs called Arrow Tags are assigned to the links of the web pages, so users can select the links by pushing the four direction keys a few times, while keeping her/his gaze fixed on the television screen. User studies show that Arrow Tag significantly outperforms the conventional techniques of Focus Move and Number Tag. Moreover, most participants preferred Arrow Tag over cither Focus Move or Number Tag.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI 2009
Subtitle of host publication	Digital Life New World - Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Pages	1025-1028
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1518701.1518857
Publication status	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes
Event	27th International Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2009 - Boston, MA, United States Duration: Apr 4 2009 → Apr 9 2009

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Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

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Other	27th International Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2009
Country/Territory	United States
City	Boston, MA
Period	4/4/09 → 4/9/09

Keywords

Direction keys
TV
Target selection
Web browser

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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Maeda, A., Inagaki, H., & Abe, M. (2009). Arrow tag: A direction-key-based technique for rapidly selecting hyperlinks while gazing at a screen. In CHI 2009: Digital Life New World - Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1025-1028). (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). https://doi.org/10.1145/1518701.1518857

Arrow tag: A direction-key-based technique for rapidly selecting hyperlinks while gazing at a screen. / Maeda, Atsuhiko; Inagaki, Hirohito; Abe, Masanobu.
CHI 2009: Digital Life New World - Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2009. p. 1025-1028 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Maeda, A, Inagaki, H & Abe, M 2009, Arrow tag: A direction-key-based technique for rapidly selecting hyperlinks while gazing at a screen. in CHI 2009: Digital Life New World - Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, pp. 1025-1028, 27th International Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2009, Boston, MA, United States, 4/4/09. https://doi.org/10.1145/1518701.1518857

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