Cultural similarities and differences in user-defined gestures for touchscreen user interfaces
Dan Mauney, Jonathan R. Howarth, Andrew Wirtanen, Miranda G. Capra · 2010
As the first phase of a two-phase project, the International Usability Partners (IUP; http://www.international-usability-partners.com/) conducted a study in nine different countries to identify cultural similarities and differences in the use of gestures on small, handheld, touchscreen user interfaces. A total of 340 participants in the study were asked to define their own gestures for 28 common actions like "zoom" and "copy" on a custom-constructed gesture recorder that simulated a handheld touchscreen device. Actions were described pictorially by showing participants a "before" screen and an "after" screen to clarify the exact context for each action.