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Developing the IBM Personal System/2 Mouse

August 1989

Conference: Proceedings of INTERFACE 89
At: Pittsburgh, PA

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MeasuringU

This paper describes a collaboration between industrial design and human factors in the design of the IBM Personal System/2 (PS/2) (TM) mouse. The initial industrial design concept is discussed, followed by a description of four human factors studies conducted to determine user preference among three competitive shapes. It was found that two relatively minor modifications to the original design significantly improved its rating by the test participants.

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