Stripe action: A novel technique for performing icons in multi-touch interfaces

In this paper we present a novel technique called Stripe Action for performing icons in multi-touch interfaces. The technique has two operational modes: local and global modes which are used for dealing with single or multiple icons. We focus on addressing three fundamental operations: selection, zooming and rotation. Stripe Action can set up links among icons and endow the same attribute to each icon in the same group. We also design the Strip Menu that is employed to select operational manners. A user study is designed and conducted. The experimental results show that our proposed technique is efficient and provides easy and intuitive operational manners for users to perform icons.