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The radial scroll tool: scrolling support for stylus- or touch-based document navigation

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We present radial scroll, an interface widget to support scrolling particularly on either small or large scale touch displays. Instead of dragging a elevator in a scroll bar, or using repetitive key presses to page up or down, users gesture anywhere on the document surface such that clockwise gestures advance the document; counter clockwise gestures reverse the document. We describe our prototype implementation and discuss the results of an initial user study.

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    UIST '04: Proceedings of the 17th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
    October 2004
    312 pages
    ISBN:1581139578
    DOI:10.1145/1029632
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    1. large displays
    2. radial scroll
    3. scrolling
    4. stylus input
    5. touch screens

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