In the last several years, there has been an interest in graphical user interfaces as compared with character user interfaces. The "mouse" is the device most closely associated with graphical user interfaces. Key strokes are more closely associated with character user interfaces. Given these associations, is there a preference for the keyboard or for the mouse as an input device? The determination of user preference was reduced to the determination of preference of key strokes or mouse clicks for selection of main menu items. The subjects, university students working with Microsoft Works by Microsoft Corporation, copyright 1987-1989, were learning how to use application software. While Microsoft Works was running, tracking software recorded every user key stroke and mouse click, together with data about these key strokes and mouse clicks. From the analysis of these data, common preference for the means of menu item selection was determined.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc278967 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Pickard, Stanley R. (Stanley Ray) |
| Contributors | Eddy, John, 1932-, Norris, Cathleen A., Smith, Howard Wellington, Newsom, Ron, Poirot, James L., 1939- |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | v, 127 leaves, Text |
| Rights | Public, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved., Pickard, Stanley R. (Stanley Ray) |
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