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International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics 40 (2010) 733e745 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics journal homepage: /l ocate/ergon Two-mode target selection: Considering target layouts in small touch screen devices Sunghyuk Kwon, Chungsik Kim, Sujin Kim, Sung H. Han* Dept. of Industrial and Management Engineering, Pohang University of Science & Technology, San 31, Hyoja-dong, Nam-gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk, 790-784, Republic of Korea a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: A variety of studies have been conducted to improve methods of selecting a tiny virtual target on small Received 24 November 2009 touch screen interfaces of handheld devices such as mobile phones and PDAs. These studies, however, Received in revised form focused on a specific selection method, and did not consider various layouts resulting from different 9 April 2010 target sizes and densities on the screen. This study proposes a Two-Mode Target Selection (TMTS) Accepted 26 June 2010 method that automatically detects the target layout and changes to an appropriate mode using the Available online 27 July 2010 concept of an activation area. The usability of TMTS was compared experimentally to those of other methods. TMTS changed to the appropriate mode successfully for a given target layout and showed the Keywords: Touch