Characteristics of cursor trajectories controlled by the computer mouse

Ergonomics
J G Phillips, T J Triggs

Abstract

An analysis of computer screen cursor trajectories can provide insights into the factors limiting efficient cursor positioning and can assist in the design of human-computer interfaces. Cursor locations as controlled by a Microsoft computer mouse with standard settings were therefore sampled at 5 ms intervals and kinematic analyses addressed the proportions of time spent in the initiation, accelerative and terminal guidance phases of cursor positioning. Twelve participants used a computer mouse to move a cursor over different distances (7.5 cm, 15 cm) from a home location in the lower centre of the screen to targets of different diameters (8 mm, 16 mm), situated to the left, middle or right of the computer screen. Cursor trajectories were irregular, and participants regularly overshot their targets, spending 70% of movement duration in terminal guidance. Participants appeared to use the initial part of their movement to establish mappings between controller and display. Interventions should seek to reduce the terminal guidance phase of cursor positioning.

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