Tappy: Predicting Tap Accuracy of User-Interface Elements by Reverse-Engineering Webpage Structures

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Main Authors: Usuba, Hiroki, Sato, Junichi, Sasaya, Naomi, Yamanaka, Shota, Yamashita, Fumiya
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author Usuba, Hiroki
Sato, Junichi
Sasaya, Naomi
Yamanaka, Shota
Yamashita, Fumiya
author_facet Usuba, Hiroki
Sato, Junichi
Sasaya, Naomi
Yamanaka, Shota
Yamashita, Fumiya
contents Selecting a UI element is a fundamental operation on webpages, and the ease of tapping a target object has a significant impact on usability. It is thus important to analyze existing UIs in order to design better ones. However, tools proposed in previous studies cannot identify whether an element is tappable on modern webpages. In this study, we developed Tappy that can identify tappable UI elements on webpages and estimate the tap-success rate based on the element size. Our interviews of professional designers and engineers showed that Tappy helped discussions of UI design on the basis of its quantitative metric. Furthermore, we have launched this tool to be freely available to external users, so readers can access Tappy by visiting the website (https://tappy.yahoo.co.jp).
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spellingShingle Tappy: Predicting Tap Accuracy of User-Interface Elements by Reverse-Engineering Webpage Structures
Usuba, Hiroki
Sato, Junichi
Sasaya, Naomi
Yamanaka, Shota
Yamashita, Fumiya
Human-Computer Interaction
Selecting a UI element is a fundamental operation on webpages, and the ease of tapping a target object has a significant impact on usability. It is thus important to analyze existing UIs in order to design better ones. However, tools proposed in previous studies cannot identify whether an element is tappable on modern webpages. In this study, we developed Tappy that can identify tappable UI elements on webpages and estimate the tap-success rate based on the element size. Our interviews of professional designers and engineers showed that Tappy helped discussions of UI design on the basis of its quantitative metric. Furthermore, we have launched this tool to be freely available to external users, so readers can access Tappy by visiting the website (https://tappy.yahoo.co.jp).
title Tappy: Predicting Tap Accuracy of User-Interface Elements by Reverse-Engineering Webpage Structures
topic Human-Computer Interaction
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.03097