Position-invariant icon remapping facilities search performance in foldable smartphones through the contribution of contextual cueing.

Yuzhu Ji, Yubing Wang, Wenjing Jin, Haiyang Jin, Weidan Xu, Hongting Li

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Yuzhu JiCollege of Education, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China.ORCID 0009-0007-6171-4946

Yubing WangCollege of Education, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China.

Wenjing JinCollege of Education, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China.

Haiyang JinDepartment of Psychology, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3290-3901

Weidan XuSchool of Business Administration (MBA), Zhejiang Gongshang University, No.18, Xuezheng Str., Qiantang District, Hangzhou, 310018, China. xuweidan2002@zjgsu.edu.cn.ORCID 0009-0003-0924-6859

Hongting LiCollege of Education, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7228-3386

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National Natural Science Foundation of China 72371228National Social Science Fund of China 23FYYB016Philosophy and Social Science Project of Hangzhou Z23JC088Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China Z23JC088

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Enabling smartphones to be foldable provides an effective approach to achieving both portability and large screens. Notably, switches between closed and open states in using foldable smartphones are accompanied by icon remapping, which can decrease smartphone usability if it fails to match usage expectations. This study conducted two experiments to examine the usability of two popular icon remapping methods, position-invariant and order-invariant, as well as the specific roles of contextual cues in different icon remapping. Results revealed that position-invariant remapping is more effective in terms of usability with faster searching speed. Also, getting familiar with the spatial arrangement of icons on small screens reduced performance differences between the two remapping methods on large screens while improving search speed only on small screens. These results together suggest that position-invariant remapping is a more effective design, highlighting the significance of contextual cueing in optimizing icon remapping designs in foldable smartphones.

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CuesPattern Recognition, VisualSmartphoneSpace PerceptionAdultFemaleHumansMaleYoung AdultContextual cueingFoldable devicesIcon remappingUsabilityVisual search

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PMID40890492

DOI10.1186/s41235-025-00668-9

PMCPMC12401781

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