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Participant #5 (female)

sroscher edited this page Dec 6, 2012 · 1 revision

Reading

Reading

  • uses portrait format to read text arranged in two columns
  • uses landscape format for text not arranged in columns
  • option to have a cursor to know in which line the user is

Highlighting

  • presses button in toolbar -> select highlighting ->

  • touch input: drags finger across line to be highlighted -> drags finger downwards to highlight following lines [participant5 (1)-(2)]

  • stylus: would mark text line by line

  • uses highlighting to mark whole sentences

Underlining

  • uses underlining to mark keywords
  • would underline text line by line

Making Comments

  • highlights text part -> menu pops up -> chooses comment function -> sticky note appears above current text part
  • sticky note is movable
  • would use a keyboard or handwriting with a pen
  • after editing comment -> comment box hides -> small symbol next to the highlight points to comment

Erasing

  • clicks on "X" in sticky note to delete it
  • uses opposite end of pen to erase highlighting
  • OR: drag finger across highlight -> delete option appears

Searching

  • clicks on search button -> keyboard appears -> enters word -> search process starts

  • search results are highlighted

  • halo technique to show nearby annotations

  • information on bottom of the device to inform user about search results on following/previous pages

  • functionality to search within page, paragraph or whole document

Finding annotated content

  • clicks on button to show history of annotations (sortable by date and by type)

  • each entry shows page number and type of annotation -> clicks on entry -> shows highlighting and context

  • halo technique to show nearby annotations would be nice but should be able to turn it off

Related Content

  • clicks on reference -> shows title and year of publication
  • clicks on reference to a figure -> shows image on display
  • clicks on image -> shows videos

Navigation

  • button to show table of content and glossary

Flipping

  • to see previous or following page

Stacking

  • to share content

Tilting

Lifting

  • for zooming (but would prefer touch input)

Other Remarks

  • would like to have a toolbar which hides when it is not in use