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Author Lam, Heidi

Title A guide to visual multi-level interface design from synthesis of empirical study evidence / Heidi Lam, Tamara Munzner
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 101 pages) : illustrations, digital file
Series Synthesis lectures on visualization ; # 1
Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science.
Synthesis lectures on visualization ; # 1.
Contents 1. Introduction
Summary Displaying multiple levels of data visually has been proposed to address the challenge of limited screen space. Although many previous empirical studies have addressed different aspects of this question, the information visualization research community does not currently have a clearly articulated consensus on how, when, or even if displaying data at multiple levels is effective. To shed more light on this complex topic, we conducted a systematic review of 22 existing multi-level interface studies to extract high-level design guidelines. To facilitate discussion, we cast our analysis findings into a four-point decision tree: (1) When are multi-level displays useful? (2) What should the higher visual levels display? (3) Should the different visual levels be displayed simultaneously, or one at a time? (4) Should the visual levels be embedded in a single display, or separated into multiple displays? Our analysis resulted in three design guidelines: (1) the number of levels in display and data should match; (2) high visual levels should only display task-relevant information; (3) simultaneous display, rather than temporal switching, is suitable for tasks with multi-level answers
Analysis Focus and context
Overview and detail
Zoomable user interfaces
Fisheye view
Multilevel display
Empirical study
Systematic review
Notes Part of: Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science
Series from website
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-100)
Notes 1. Introduction
2. Terminology
Bibliography Bibliography-Authors' biographies
Subject Information display systems -- Design
Information visualization.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Electronics -- Circuits -- General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Electronics -- Circuits -- Integrated.
Information visualization
Form Electronic book
Author Munzner, Tamara.
ISBN 9781608455935
1608455939
9783031025983
3031025989