Selecting Gestural User Interaction Patterns for Recommender Applications on Smartphones
Wolfgang Wörndl, Jan Weicker, Béatrice Lamche · 2013
Modern smartphones allow for gestural touchscreen and free-form user interaction such as swiping across the touchscreen or shaking the device. However, user acceptance of motion gestures in recommender systems have not been studied much. In this work, we investigated the usage of gestural interaction patterns for mobile recommender systems. We designed a prototype that implemented at least two input methods for each available function: standard on-screen buttons or menu options, and also a gestural interaction pattern. In a user study, we then compared what input method users would choose for a given function. Results showed that gesture usage depended on the specific task. In general, users preferred simpler gestures and rarely switched their input method for a function during the test.