%0 Conference Paper %1 Barendregt:2011:CME:1979742.1979764 %A Barendregt, Wolmet %A Bekker, Mathilde M. %B CHI '11 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems %C New York, NY, USA %D 2011 %I ACM %K children drag-and-drop point-and-click preference ui %P 1297--1302 %R 10.1145/1979742.1979764 %T Children May Expect Drag-and-drop Instead of Point-and-click %U http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1979742.1979764 %X In this paper we present evidence from a pilot study that children may have started to expect the drag-and-drop interaction style. This is in contrast with probably the most cited paper on this topic from 2001, stating that point-and-click is the most appropriate interaction style for children between 6 and 12 years old. Instead of providing children with information on the interaction style expected we developed two point-and-click interfaces and let children explore those interfaces themselves. Children consistently tried to apply the drag-and-drop interaction style both initially and after having discovered the point-and-click style, resulting in problems in interacting with the interfaces. This was especially clear for the type of action having a natural mapping to holding down the mouse-button, such as cutting or drawing lines. In summary, it appears that children have begun to expect the drag-and-drop interaction style and that deviating from this standard may result in serious usability problems. %@ 978-1-4503-0268-5

@inproceedings{Barendregt:2011:CME:1979742.1979764, abstract = {In this paper we present evidence from a pilot study that children may have started to expect the drag-and-drop interaction style. This is in contrast with probably the most cited paper on this topic from 2001, stating that point-and-click is the most appropriate interaction style for children between 6 and 12 years old. Instead of providing children with information on the interaction style expected we developed two point-and-click interfaces and let children explore those interfaces themselves. Children consistently tried to apply the drag-and-drop interaction style both initially and after having discovered the point-and-click style, resulting in problems in interacting with the interfaces. This was especially clear for the type of action having a natural mapping to holding down the mouse-button, such as cutting or drawing lines. In summary, it appears that children have begun to expect the drag-and-drop interaction style and that deviating from this standard may result in serious usability problems.}, acmid = {1979764}, added-at = {2014-08-29T12:48:38.000+0200}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, author = {Barendregt, Wolmet and Bekker, Mathilde M.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2a0ac28f0accc3a3e483671c2514a2b28/ji}, booktitle = {CHI '11 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems}, description = {Children may expect drag-and-drop instead of point-and-click}, doi = {10.1145/1979742.1979764}, interhash = {613c129858cc47be8f730b86173a6e8d}, intrahash = {a0ac28f0accc3a3e483671c2514a2b28}, isbn = {978-1-4503-0268-5}, keywords = {children drag-and-drop point-and-click preference ui}, location = {Vancouver, BC, Canada}, numpages = {6}, pages = {1297--1302}, publisher = {ACM}, series = {CHI EA '11}, timestamp = {2014-08-29T12:48:38.000+0200}, title = {Children May Expect Drag-and-drop Instead of Point-and-click}, url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1979742.1979764}, year = 2011 }