Paperweight Metaphor
Abstract
We propose a new user-interface method to provideseamless switching between scrolling and other operationssuch as editing, based on “Paperweight Metaphor”. Asheet of paper that has been placed on a slippery table is difficultto draw on. Therefore, in order to write or draw somethingon the sheet of paper, a person must secure the paperwith his/her palm to avoid the paper from moving. This willbe a good metaphor to design switching operation of scrolland editing modes.
We have made prototype systems by placing a touch sensorunder each PDA display where user’s palm will be hit.Three application programs – map browser, WWW browser,and photograph browser – that switch between scrolling and other operation modes depending on sensor output have beendeveloped.
Publications
- Itiro Siio, Hitomi Tsujita, Mobile Interaction Using Paperweight Metaphor, Proceedings of the 19th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST 2006), pp. 111–114, October 15-18, 2006, Montreux, Switzerland.
- Itiro Siio, Hitomi Tsujita, Mobile Interaction Using Paperweight Metaphor, CHI 2006 Conference Proceedings and Extended Abstracts, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp.1325–1330, April 22-27, 2006, (Montreal, Canada).
