Packaging Of Pointing Device For Notebook PC With 84/89 Keys

Abstract

As importance of graphical user interface has increased, there has been a demand to integrate a pointing device into a notebook PC. One of main features of notebook PC is being compact, that is, users can carry and use i t anywhere. Therefore the most important design factor of a built-in pointing device for a notebook PC is packaging and usability. In order to determine what kind of pointing device is suitable for a notebook PC, two candidate pointing devices were compared. One was a small trackball and the other was a new pointing device, that is, TRACKPOINT I I which had been invented. Two tests were conducted to evaluate the usability by with test subjects. Finally the inventive TRACKPOINT I 1 was selected for the notebook PC because of its superiority of packaging and usability. This has been a new successful attempt to find a better pointing device that had never been occurred.