DocumentCode
3040883
Title
Evaluating the Significance of the Windows Explorer Visualization in Personal Information Management Browsing tasks
Author
Golemati, Maria ; Katifori, Akrivi ; Giannopoulou, Eugenia G. ; Daradimos, Ilias ; Vassilakis, Costas
Author_Institution
Univ. of Athens, Athens
fYear
2007
fDate
4-6 July 2007
Firstpage
93
Lastpage
100
Abstract
The visualization of hierarchies is very important for digital information management and presentation systems. Especially in the context of personal information management, file browsers play a very important role. Currently the most common file browser visualizations are windows explorer and the simple zoomable visualization offered by Microsoft windows. This work explores the issue of file browser visualization through a user study based on interviews and an experiment.
Keywords
data visualisation; file organisation; information management; online front-ends; Microsoft Windows; Windows explorer visualization; digital information management; file browser visualizations; personal information management browsing tasks; Application software; Computer science; Informatics; Information management; Linux; Ontologies; Operating systems; Software libraries; User interfaces; Visualization;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Information Visualization, 2007. IV '07. 11th International Conference
Conference_Location
Zurich
ISSN
1550-6037
Print_ISBN
0-7695-2900-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IV.2007.46
Filename
4271967
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