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Fig. 3 Quadrant cursor path keyboard.

Figure 3 (Additional file 3: Movie 3) shows the same kind of keyboard where the cursor follows a quadrant cursor path.

In a quadrant cursor path, the cursor moves across different quadrants of the keyboard, then across rows in the selected quadrant, and then across the keys in the selected row.

This result is surprising because virtual keyboards on the market generally use a hierarchical structure similar to a quadrant cursor path, and often have even more levels to the hierarchy.

The same type of probabilities can be used to predict performance for a quadrant cursor path, where the predicted correct entry probability to reach position k would be π quadrant(k) π row(k) π column(k) and the predicted error entry probability is 1 minus that product.

Figures 11, 12 and 13 show the properties of the optimal designs for keyboards using a linear, quadrant, or binary cursor path, respectively.

Optimal quadrant keyboard design and cursor duration.

Figure 12 shows two optimal quadrant keyboards, where the cursor first moves over different quadrants and then rows and columns within a selected quadrant.

Additional file 3 Movie 3. Animation of a switch keyboard where the cursor follows a quadrant path across the keyboard.

Here the cursor first moves across the four quadrants of the keyboard.

When the user triggers the switch, the cursor follows a row column path within the selected quadrant.