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Optimizing Windows Mouse Settings

Optimizing Windows Mouse Settings. Heidi Koester, Ph.D. hhk@kpronline.com Koester Performance Research Ann Arbor, MI www.kpronline.com. Built-in Windows Settings. Great Features, BUT:. Not always used effectively Lack of user awareness Requires lots of digging through Control Panels

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Optimizing Windows Mouse Settings

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  1. Optimizing Windows Mouse Settings Heidi Koester, Ph.D. hhk@kpronline.com Koester Performance Research Ann Arbor, MI www.kpronline.com

  2. Built-in Windows Settings

  3. Great Features, BUT: • Not always used effectively • Lack of user awareness • Requires lots of digging through Control Panels • Not all settings can be user-adjusted • Maintenance over time may be neglected

  4. Alternative Approach: Pointing Wizard • Recommends the best settings, based on user’s pointing ability • Activates those settings, at user’s discretion • Takes about 6 minutes to adjust 6 different settings

  5. 1. Do a pointing task.

  6. 2. Get recommendations, based on what you did.

  7. 3. Try out the new settings

  8. 4. Pick the ones you want

  9. 5. Pointing Wizard activates your choices for you

  10. Example 50 y/o woman with impairments secondary to brain tumor surgery Uses mouse in the ‘typical’ way Uses Windows default mouse settings Changes made: Pointer speed: from 10 to 2 Double-click time: from 500 to 1296 ms Double-click distance: from 4 to 22 px

  11. Before and After Videos (click in “Name” field) Before (default settings) After (new settings)

  12. Improvements with new settings Before and after measurements taken with Compass software Time to acquire targets: 60% faster Number of clicks: 50% fewer Number of target entries: 65% fewer

  13. KPR Software Details • Resources at KPR website, kpronline.com • Compass, Win/Mac, $179 • Wizards, Win, $16.95 each • Compass + Wizards bundle, $195 • Free trial of Compass available • Demonstration videos • Compass also available through Infogrip, EnableMart, and Technology for Education

  14. Final Words • KPR research & development is supported by: • National Institutes of Health • Paralyzed Veterans of America Research Foundation • Thanks for being here today! • Heidi Koester, hhk@kpronline.com

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