DocumentCode
1815034
Title
Icon abacus: positional display of document attributes
Author
Perer, Adam ; Bier, Eric A.
Author_Institution
Palo Alto Res. Center, Inc., CA
fYear
2005
fDate
7-11 June 2005
Firstpage
289
Lastpage
290
Abstract
This paper presents icon abacus, a space-efficient technique for displaying document attributes by automatic positioning of document icons. It displays the value of an attribute by using position on a single axis, allowing the other axis to display different metadata simultaneously. The layout is stable enough to support navigation using spatial memory
Keywords
document handling; graphical user interfaces; meta data; automatic document icon positioning; document attributes; icon abacus; metadata; navigation; positional display; spatial memory; Displays; Educational institutions; Layout; Navigation; Performance analysis; Permission; Strips; Switches; User interfaces; Visualization; computer-aided reading; metadata; spatial memory; visualization;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Digital Libraries, 2005. JCDL '05. Proceedings of the 5th ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on
Conference_Location
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN
1-58113-876-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1145/1065385.1065452
Filename
4118556
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