Evaluating touchscreen interface design for information Analysis: A comparative study of juxtaposition and overlay display modes

Kuang-Jou Chen; Wan-Yu Chung; Yi Ru Lin; Chun Yi Sung; Ying-Yin Huang; Yun-Ju Lee; Chih-Hsing Chu

doi:10.1016/j.displa.2025.103277

Evaluating touchscreen interface design for information Analysis: A comparative study of juxtaposition and overlay display modes

Kuang-Jou Chen, Wan-Yu Chung, Yi Ru Lin, Chun Yi Sung, Ying-Yin Huang, Yun-Ju Lee Chih-Hsing Chu

Displays, Vol.91, p.103277

01/2026

: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.displa.2025.103277

: WOS:001613644500002

Eye-Tracking

Human-Machine Interface

Information Analysis

Information Visualization

Interface Design

•An experimental study on touchscreen interface design for information analysis.•Compare juxtaposition and overlay display modes in sequential procedural tasks.•Assess task performance, eye-tracking, and user feedback in a simulated system.•Provide design guidelines for digital displays to enhance human–machine interaction. This study presents an experimental investigation of touchscreen interface design for sequential information analysis tasks. Both objective measures, including task performance and eye-tracking behavior, and subjective assessments were collected from participants using a simulated information system to compare the juxtaposition and overlay modes as task steps increased. The experimental results indicate that while the juxtaposition mode demonstrates higher visual search efficiency than the overlay mode in two-step tasks, its efficiency is lower or comparable due to the additional workload associated with window management. In tasks with more steps, the overlay mode outperforms the juxtaposition mode in terms of both visual search and task efficiency. Analysis of participants’ eye-tracking behavior in the main information display area supports these conclusions. The analysis results also reveal how visual complexity and information density influence cognitive workload, varying with the number of task steps. The findings from this study serve as design references for similar touchscreen interfaces, potentially improving operational efficiency in human–machine interaction.

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esploro.research.conf.research.portal.label.prefix.inciteCitationTopics: 4 Electrical Engineering, Electronics & Computer Science; 4.48 Information Retrieval & Knowledge Systems; 4.48.1215 Visual Analytics
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: Evaluating touchscreen interface design for information Analysis: A comparative study of juxtaposition and overlay display modes
: Kuang-Jou Chen - National Tsing Hua University
Wan-Yu Chung - National Tsing Hua University
Yi Ru Lin - National Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology
Chun Yi Sung - National Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology
Ying-Yin Huang - National Taiwan University
Yun-Ju Lee (Author) - National Tsing Hua University
Chih-Hsing Chu - National Tsing Hua University
: Elsevier B.V
: 12
: Journal article
: 01/2026
: Displays, Vol.91, p.103277
: English