Interaction Design Guide for Touchscreen Applications

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1. Introduction

• Introduction
• Pros and Cons of Touchscreens
• Comparison of Finger-Operated vs. Stylus-Operated Touchscreens
• Uses for Touchscreens
• Examples

2. Design Guidelines

• Golden Rules
• Touchscreen Usability in Short
• Screen Layout
• Maintaining Screen Space
• Data Entry
• Buttons and Menus
• Complex Controls
• Interaction
• General Recommendations
• Special Touchscreen Applications

3. Additions

• Selected Links
• References

4. Touchscreen Control Zoo

• Introduction
• Buttons
• Scrolling and Navigation
• Data Entry: Clicking
• Data Entry: Dragging
• Selection, Menus
• Lists and Tables
• Hierarchies

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