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Towards a standard for pointing device evaluation, perspectives on 27 years of Fitts’ law research in HCI

Soukoreff, R. William, MacKenzie, I. Scott·2004·International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
DOI 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2004.09.001
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Authors
Soukoreff, R. W., & MacKenzie, I. S.
Venue
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2004-12
Volume
61
Issue
6
Pages
751-789
ISSN
1071-5819 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.ijhcs.2004.09.001
OpenAlex
W2153657884
Cited by
1,064
References
5
FWCI
24.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)

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Soukoreff, R. W., & MacKenzie, I. S. (2004). Towards a standard for pointing device evaluation, perspectives on 27 years of Fitts’ law research in HCI. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2004.09.001

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