Evaluating user preference on touch screen tablets by a complex tapping task with multiple targets

Thorsten Stark1, Stefan Schade2, Melanie J. C. Stade3

 

Informatik und Medien, Beuth Hochschule für Technik Berlin1

Psychologie Neuer Medien und Methodenlehre, Technische Universität Berlin2 Kognitionspsychologie und Kognitive Ergonomie, Technische Universität Berlin3

 

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate objective data indicating preferred areas of a touch screen tablet. Participants had to tap one of several colored targets arranged in theoretical sections. We assume that the sections with the highest number of touches indicate preference and “comfort zones”. We found that the middle right section is the most preferred area on ...

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