Investigating Screen Reachability on an Articulated Dual-Display Smartphone

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Abstract

Large displays on smartphones accommodate tasks needing more screen real-estate, but at the expense of limiting the use of one-handed operations. In this paper we explore thumb reachability on an articulated dual-display smartphone. While mobile devices are featuring dual screens, no previous work has explored how each physical display’s positions impact one-handed reach and interaction. We explore 32 inter-display configurations resulting from the combination of orientations of the two displays along two axes. In a preliminary study we explore how users grasp such dual-display configurations. We then conduct a study to investigate the effects of the relative position of two displays on thumb reachability. Results provide a range of dual-display configurations that are ideal for one-handed use, enabling knowledge on how apps for such emerging devices can be optimized for thumb input.

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29387-1_27

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Pecchioli M., Dubois E., Irani P., Serrano M. (2019) Investigating Screen Reachability on an Articulated Dual-Display Smartphone. In: Lamas D., Loizides F., Nacke L., Petrie H., Winckler M., Zaphiris P. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2019. INTERACT 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 11748. Springer, Cham

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@inproceedings{scopus2-s2.0-85072866039,
author = "Pecchioli, M. and Dubois, E. and Irani, P. and Serrano, M.",
copyright = "Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
isbn = "9783030293864",
issn = "03029743",
journal = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
keywords = "Dual-Display ; One-Handed Input ; Tactile Reachability ; Thumb Input",
pages = "476,485",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
title = "Investigating Screen Reachability on an Articulated Dual-Display Smartphone",
volume = "11748",
year = "2019",
}