Adaptive Kinetic Scrolling: Kinetic Scrolling for Large Datasets on Mobile Devices

Abstract

Scrolling is a frequently used Graphical User Interface widget that enables users to interact with a large amount of data using a limited viewport. However, if excessive data is included in the scroll, users are required to spend a substantial amount of time and effort to find the required information. In this paper, we present adaptive kinetic scrolling (AKS), a technique based on kinetic scrolling by which users can access target information more rapidly on mobile devices. Based on the user’s behavior, AKS detects situations when the user intends to access certain information that may be distant from the current viewport. At this point, AKS amplifies the speed of kinetic scrolling. Furthermore, the scrolling speed adapts according to the size of the remaining data to be scrolled. The more data that the scrolling widget contains, the more rapidly it scrolls so that the user can quickly reach the target. Kinetic scrolling is frequently used in scrolling widgets, and with AKS, users can save time and energy wasted on repetitive meaningless scrolling. We conducted a user study and verified that the proposed scrolling technique enables users to access target information more rapidly, particularly when there is a large dataset to navigate.

Scrolling and the In‐Between Spaces of Boredom: Marginalized Youths on the Periphery of Vienna

“…The choice of particular design mechanics is often based on research into what is most engaging for the user and most ideal from a business viewpoint, such as what inspires purchasing activity (Choi, Kirshner, and Wu 2016). Although the speed at which the content moves appears to follow physical laws that depend on the velocity of the movement, the speed of the moving content is carefully calculated in line with assumptions of what the user aims to achieve (Jeong, Kim, and In 2018). Although "scrolling" was most frequently used by my interlocutors as a signifier for being online, apps such as Tinder and Snapchat have popularized the horizontal swiping left and right, as opposed to scrolling up and down.…”

“…From the designers’ perspective, scrolling is a mechanic (a design term) that denotes a form of movement through content and enables users to interact with large amounts of data (Jeong, Kim, and In 2018, 1). As such, the interface is supposed to guide the user effortlessly through content, even if this means restricting the routes and directing attention.…”