TY - JOUR
T1 - Width guidelines for rectangular objects with penetrable and impenetrable borders
AU - Farris, J. Shawn
AU - Johnson, Brian R.
AU - Jones, Keith S.
PY - 2006/2
Y1 - 2006/2
N2 - Generally, selection times quicken when objects are placed against a display's edge. Experiment 1 investigated whether or not this continues to be true if the width of those objects, i.e. rectangular scrollbars, was manipulated. The results indicated that increasing width affected selection times for objects with penetrable borders, but not for those with impenetrable borders. A follow-up experiment examined whether or not selection times vary when participants selected very thin and wider scrollbars, each with impenetrable borders. The results indicated that width manipulations did not influence selection time, thus designers could use very thin objects with impenetrable borders without slowing selection time.
AB - Generally, selection times quicken when objects are placed against a display's edge. Experiment 1 investigated whether or not this continues to be true if the width of those objects, i.e. rectangular scrollbars, was manipulated. The results indicated that increasing width affected selection times for objects with penetrable borders, but not for those with impenetrable borders. A follow-up experiment examined whether or not selection times vary when participants selected very thin and wider scrollbars, each with impenetrable borders. The results indicated that width manipulations did not influence selection time, thus designers could use very thin objects with impenetrable borders without slowing selection time.
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U2 - 10.1080/01449290500102086
DO - 10.1080/01449290500102086
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:30344439564
SN - 0144-929X
VL - 25
SP - 83
EP - 90
JO - Behaviour and Information Technology
JF - Behaviour and Information Technology
IS - 1
ER -