DocumentCode
1816313
Title
Icon abacus and ghost icons
Author
Perer, Adam ; Bier, Eric A.
Author_Institution
Palo Alto Res. Center, Inc., CA
fYear
2005
fDate
7-11 June 2005
Firstpage
404
Lastpage
404
Abstract
We present two techniques that make document collection visualizations more informative. Icon abacus uses the horizontal position of icon groups to communicate document attributes. Ghost icons show linked documents by adding temporary icons and by highlighting or dimming existing ones
Keywords
data visualisation; digital libraries; document handling; graphical user interfaces; meta data; dimming; document attributes; document collection visualizations; ghost icons; highlighting; horizontal position; icon abacus; icon groups; linked documents; temporary icons; Algorithm design and analysis; Animation; Data visualization; Displays; Educational institutions; Human factors; Information retrieval; Shape; Software libraries; Spatial databases; citations; computer-aided reading; icons; metadata; 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
10.1145/1065385.1065508
Filename
4118607
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