PDA and Gesture Use in Practice: Insights for Designers of Pen-based User
Interfaces
by:
Allan Christian Long, Jr., James A. Landay and Lawrence A. Rowe Submitted for publication
Computer Science Division - EECS
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-1776
Gestures are an essential element in the realization of paper-like user interfaces.
Unfortunately, poor design and recognition of gestures has impeded the adoption
of these interfaces. This paper describes a survey intended to illuminate the
problems users have and benefits users enjoy with gesture-based user interfaces.
From the results of the survey, we conclude that: users value gestures yet problems
with gestures remain; users demand more gestures; and Newtons are used largely
as notebooks whereas Pilots are used mostly has personal datebooks and addressbooks.
The results of the survey provide insight for designers of pen-based user interfaces
and related tools.