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A comparison of input devices in element pointing and dragging tasks

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Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems: Reaching through technology table of contents

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Pages: 161 - 166

Year of Publication: 1991

ISBN:0-89791-383-3

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I. Scott MacKenzie	Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4S 1V6 and Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M2J 2X5
Abigail Sellen	Dynamic Graphics Project, Computer Systems Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A4
William A. S. Buxton	Dynamic Graphics Project, Computer Systems Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A4

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Human Factors Soc : Human Factors Society
IEEE-CS : Computer Society
SIGCHI: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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