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Stretching the Rubber Sheet: A Metaphor for Viewing Large Layouts on Small Screens (1993)
| Content Provider | CiteSeerX |
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| Author | Tversky, Oren J. Sarkar, Manojit Reiss, Steven P. Snibbe, Scott S. |
| Description | In UIST: Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology |
| Abstract | We propose the metaphor of rubber sheet stretching for viewing large and complex layouts within small display areas. Imagine the original 2D layout on a rubber sheet. Users can select and enlarge different areas of the sheet by holding and stretching it with a set of special tools called handles. As the user stretches an area, a greater level of detail is displayed there. The technique has some additional desirable features such as areas specified as arbitrary closed polygons, multiple regions of interest, and uniform scaling inside the stretched regions. Keywords: Information Visualization, Graphical Visualization, Interface Metaphors, Interactive Systems Introduction Imagine working with a large and complex layout. Large layouts, diagrams, illustrations, and pictures occur in many areas of Computer Science, Engineering, Architecture, and Arts. Such a layout cannot be displayed in full detail on a typical computer display. Since the screen has a fixed resolution, scaling the entire ... |
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| Publisher Date | 1993-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Information Visualization Layout Cannot Complex Layout Interface Metaphor Uniform Scaling Stretched Region Different Area Viewing Large Layout Small Display Area Full Detail Graphical Visualization Typical Computer Display Interactive System Introduction Imagine Computer Science Rubber Sheet Small Screen Special Tool Additional Desirable Feature Multiple Region Many Area |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Proceeding Conference Proceedings |
