Drag-and-Pop
Validation level: 2. Commercial products
Drag-and-pop is an extension of traditional drag-and-drop. As the user starts dragging an icon towards a target, drag-and-pop moves potential targets close to the cursor. This results in smaller hand movements.
Publications
Drag-and-Pop and Drag-and-Pick: techniques for accessing remote screen content on touch- and pen-operated systems
Conference: Proceedings of Interact 2003, 2003By: Patrick Baudisch, Edward Cutrell, Dan Robbins, Mary Czerwinski, Peter Tandler, Benjamin Bederson, Alex Zierlinger