Sizing up visualizations: effects of display size in focus+context, overview+detail, and zooming interfaces

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Whereas the literature is clear on the benefits of large displays and visualizations, little is known about their combination, that is, how display size affect the usability of visualizations. We describe a controlled experiment where 19 participants used focus+context, overview+detail, and zooming techniques with varying display sizes (13.8, 1.5, and 0.17 megapixels). Participants navigated geographical maps to find specific locations, compare items, and follow routes. Results show that for multi-scale navigation, classic interactive visualization techniques did not benefit from being scaled to a large display: In contrast to the literature we find similar performance on medium and large displays. Across display sizes, overview+detail works the best, in particular for comparing items. Focus+context is relatively more difficult to use at a small display size. We explain these findings and discuss the design of interactive visualization techniques for large displays.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TitelThe 29th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems : conference proceedings and extended abstracts
Antal sider10
ForlagAssociation for Computing Machinery
Publikationsdato2011
Sider1451-1460
ISBN (Trykt)978-1-4503-0228-9
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2011
Begivenhed29th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Vancouver, Canada
Varighed: 7 maj 201112 maj 2011
Konferencens nummer: 29

Konference

Konference29th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Nummer29
LandCanada
ByVancouver
Periode07/05/201112/05/2011

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