A method of evaluating VDT screen layout by eye movement analysis

The method for evaluating VDT screen layout by eye movements is studied. When the subjects read from the VDT screen, the change in their line of sight was measured by their eye movements. The measured eye movement patterns were divided into the sequential and rereading processes. When related to these characteristics, the performance of subjects was found to be good when the sequential process predominated over the rereading process. The eye movement pattern was shown to change with screen layout. The eye movement pattern proved effective in determining that tabular format is more legible than textual format. This confirmed the usefulness of the method of evaluating VDT screen layout by the eye movement pattern.