Sf. Roth et al., TOWARD AN INFORMATION VISUALIZATION WORKSPACE - COMBINING MULTIPLE MEANS OF EXPRESSION, Human-computer interaction, 12(1-2), 1997, pp. 131-185
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40
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Sciences, Special Topics","Computer Science Cybernetics","Computer Science Theory & Methods
New user interface challenges are arising because people need to explo
re and perform many diverse tasks involving large quantities of abstra
ct information. Visualizing information is one approach to these chall
enges. But visualization must involve much more than just enabling peo
ple to ''see'' information. People must also manipulate it to focus on
what is relevant and reorganize it to create new information. They mu
st also communicate and share information in collaborative settings an
d act directly to perform their tasks based on this information. These
goals suggest the need for information visualization workspaces with
new interaction approaches. We present several systems-Visage, SAGE, a
nd selective dynamic manipulation (SDM)-that comprise such a workspace
and a suite of user interface techniques for creating and manipulatin
g integrative visualizations. Our work in this area revealed the need
for interfaces that enable people to communicate with systems in multi
ple complementary ways. We discuss four dimensions for analyzing user
interfaces that reveal the combination of design approaches needed for
visualizations to support information analysis tasks effectively. We
discuss the results of our attempts to provide multiple forms of expre
ssion using direct manipulation and propose areas where multimodal tec
hniques are likely to be more effective.