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posted by Editor on Thursday June 20, @08:33PM
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This paper presents the results of a study on girls' and boys' usage of two common mouse interaction techniques. The two techniques, drag-and-drop and point-and-click, were compared to determine whether one method was superior to the other in terms of speed, error rate, and preference. For girls, significant differences between the two methods were found for speed, error rate and preference. Point-and-click was faster, fewer errors were committed, and it was preferred over drag-and-drop. For boys, a significant difference was found for speed but not for error rate or preference. Point-and-click was faster than drag-and-drop, the errors rates were comparable and, although more boys preferred point-and-click, the difference was not significant.
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by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 20, @09:04PM EST (#1)
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this strikes me as a fairly pointless study examining a tiny facet of human-computer interface, not something worthy of front-page mention.
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by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 21, @07:09AM EST (#2)
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The Point, as you apparently need clearly labeled, is that a further demographic sub-division exists when gender is accounted for. This study hints at the possibility that other almost ingrained (given the age of the subjects) factors may influence translation of the congnitive process into HCI.
Besides, "examining a tiny facet of human-computer interface" is what Nooface is all about. You're reading it for free, clam up and enjoy the stories you *do* like.
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