Pie Menu
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A pie menu is a menu where the items are placed in a circle around the cursor, or around a fixed position.
Compared to traditional menus, a pie menu has a shorter seeking time and lower error rates. Items are closer to the cursor and have a bigger target size.
Publications
An empirical comparison of pie VS linear menus
Conference: CHI '88 Proceedings, 1988By: Jack Callahan, Don Hopkins, Mark Weiser, Ben Shneiderman
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