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Title:
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EVALUATING THE USABILITY OF 1D FISHEYE LISTS |
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Author(s):
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Christoph Wimmer , Martin Tomitsch , Thomas Grechenig |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-85-0 |
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Editors:
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António Palma dos Reis |
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Year:
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2009 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Fisheye views, fisheye lists, drag and drop, interaction techniques |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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176 |
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Last Page:
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180 |
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Language:
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English |
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Cover:
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Fisheye views represent a promising solution to the problem of visualizing and interacting with large amounts of data.
Such lists often require tedious scrolling, which can be cumbersome for users. In a controlled experiment we compared
performance and user preferences of a fisheye list and a traditional list with a scrollbar for selection and drag & drop
tasks. Users performed significantly better using the fisheye list for drag & drop tasks, whereas no significant differences
were found with regard to selection tasks. In terms of satisfaction, users generally preferred the fisheye list to the standard
list. A folder view with alphabetically grouped items served as a baseline condition and performed best overall. |
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