Summary: Barrier Pointing: Using Physical Edges to Assist Target
Acquisition on Mobile Device Touch Screens
Jon Froehlich,1
Jacob O. Wobbrock,2
Shaun K. Kane2
1
Computer Science and Engineering
University of Washington
The Paul Allen Center, Box 352350
Seattle, WA 98195-2840
jfroehli@cs.washington.edu
2
The Information School
University of Washington
Mary Gates Hall, Box 352840
Seattle, WA 98195-2840
{wobbrock, skane}@u.washington.edu
ABSTRACT
Mobile phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs) are incredibly
popular pervasive technologies. Many of these devices contain

Source: Anderson, Richard - Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington at Seattle
Kane, Shaun K. - Department of Information Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Wobbrock, Jacob O. - Information School, University of Washington at Seattle

Collections: Computer Technologies and Information Sciences