@inproceedings{hinckley2006the,
author = {Hinckley, Ken and Guimbretiere, Francois and Baudisch, Patrick and Sarin, Raman and Agrawala, Maneesh and Cutrell, Ed},
title = {The Springboard: Multiple Modes in One Spring-loaded Control},
booktitle = {CHI '06 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
year = {2006},
month = {April},
abstract = {Modes allow a few inputs to invoke many operations, yet if a user misclassifies or forgets the state of a system, modes can result in errors. Spring-loaded modes (quasimodes) maintain a mode while the user holds a control such as a button or key. The Springboard is an interaction technique for tablet computers that extends quasimodes to encompass multiple tool modes in a single spring-loaded control. The Springboard allows the user to continue holding down a nonpreferred-hand command button after selecting a tool from a menu as a way to repeatedly apply the same tool. We find the Springboard improves performance for both a local marking menu and for a non-local marking menu (“lagoon”) at the lower left corner of the screen. Despite the round-trip costs incurred to move the pen to a tool lagoon, a keystroke-level analysis of the true cost of each technique reveals the local marking menu is not significantly faster.},
publisher = {ACM},
url = {http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/research/publication/springboard-multiple-modes-one-spring-loaded-control/},
pages = {181-190},
isbn = {1-59593-372-7},
edition = {CHI '06 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
}