Scheduling home control devices: design issues and usability evaluation of four touchscreen interfaces

TitleScheduling home control devices: design issues and usability evaluation of four touchscreen interfaces
Publication TypeJournal Articles
Year of Publication1992
AuthorsPlaisant C, Shneiderman B
JournalInternational Journal of Man-Machine Studies
Volume36
Issue3
Pagination375 - 393
Date Published1992/03//
ISBN Number0020-7373
Abstract

This article describes four different user interfaces supporting scheduling two-state (ON/OFF) devices over time periods ranging from minutes to days. The touchscreen-based user interfaces including a digital 12-h clock, 24-h linear and 24-h dial prototypes are described and compared on a feature by feature basis. A formative usability test with 14 subjects, feedback from more than 30 reviewers, and the flexibility to add functions favour the 24-h linear version.

URLhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/002073739290040R
DOI10.1016/0020-7373(92)90040-R