Browsing Theses by Subject "Human-computer interaction"
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Barehand Mode Switching in Touch and Mid-Air Interfaces
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-28)Raskin defines a mode as a distinct setting within an interface where the same user input will produce results different to those it would produce in other settings. Most interfaces have multiple modes in which input is ... -
Design and Evaluation of Social CheatSheet: A Community-Curated Software Help Overlay
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-15)Software users can often find it difficult to sift through dense help pages, tutorials, Q&A sites, blogs, and other resources, trying to locate useful task-specific instructions for the applications they use. We present ... -
The Effects of Ambiguity: A Feminist Study of Human Signifiers in Human-Computer Interaction
(University of Waterloo, 2016-02-01)A lack of diversity in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields has been a popular topic of discussion and a persistent challenge in terms of recruitment, engagement, opportunity and equality spanning decades. ... -
The Lifecycle of a Whiteboard Photo: Post-meeting Usage of Whiteboard Content Captured with Mobile Devices
(University of Waterloo, 2016-06-15)The traditional dry-erase whiteboard is a ubiquitous tool in the workplace, particularly in meeting spaces where they are a key collaboration tool. Although research on whiteboard use and the development of whiteboard ... -
Understanding Mode and Modality Transfer in Unistroke Gesture Input
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-22)Unistroke gestures are an attractive input method with an extensive research history, but one challenge with their usage is that the gestures are not always self-revealing. To obtain expertise with these gestures, interaction ...