Visual Information Seeking: Tight Coupling of Dynamic Query Filters with Starfield Displays C. Ahlberg & B. Shneiderman (1994)

Goal: Support Browsing Rapid filtering Progressive refinement Continuous reformulation of goals Visual scanning

Rapid filtering

Progressive refinement

Continuous reformulation of goals

Visual scanning

Principles of Direct Manipulation Visual representation of the world in action Rapid, incremental, and reversible actions Selection by pointing Immediate and continuous display of results

Visual representation of the world in action

Rapid, incremental, and reversible actions

Selection by pointing

Immediate and continuous display of results

Visual Information Seeking Interaction Methods Dynamic Query Filters Starfield Displays Tight Coupling

Dynamic Query Filters

Starfield Displays

Tight Coupling

Dynamic Query Filters Sliders & buttons used to reduce items in result set Dynamic HomeFinder Dynamic Periodic Table

Sliders & buttons used to reduce items in result set

Dynamic HomeFinder

Dynamic Periodic Table

Dynamic HomeFinder

Dynamic Periodic Table of Elements

Dynamic Query Filters Alphaslider for selection of text items

Alphaslider for selection of text items

Starfield Displays Useful when no natural mapping exists Scatterplot + Selection + Zooming

Useful when no natural mapping exists

Scatterplot + Selection + Zooming

Tight Coupling Interface design principles Reveal the software state Constrains user from erroneous or useless actions Comprehensible & consistent affordances Rapid, incremental, reversible interactions Continuous display Output-is-input Progressive refinement Details on demand

Interface design principles

Reveal the software state

Constrains user from erroneous or useless actions

Comprehensible & consistent affordances

Rapid, incremental, reversible interactions

Continuous display

Output-is-input

Progressive refinement

Details on demand

FilmFinder

FilmFinder

FilmFinder

Spotfire Founded by Ahlberg in 1996 Provides “interactive, visual data analytics applications and services”

Founded by Ahlberg in 1996

Provides “interactive, visual data analytics applications and services”

Spotfire

Cited By Enhanced Dynamic Queries via Movable Filters Fishkin & Stone (1995) Starfield displays “ Magic Lenses” allow: More complex queries Display of missing information Eventually, fuzzy matching

Enhanced Dynamic Queries via Movable Filters Fishkin & Stone (1995)

Starfield displays

“ Magic Lenses” allow:

More complex queries

Display of missing information

Eventually, fuzzy matching

Magic Lenses

Magic Lenses - AND

Magic Lenses - OR

Magic Lenses – Missing Data

Cited By Visage: A User Interface Environment for Exploring Information Roth et al. (1996) Visage now being developed by Maya design group Interface to SAGE graphics generator Development focused on military logistics planning systems

Visage: A User Interface Environment for Exploring Information Roth et al. (1996)

Visage now being developed by Maya design group

Interface to SAGE graphics generator

Development focused on military logistics planning systems

Visage

Briefly Mentioned By Visualising Semantic Spaces and Author Co-Citation Networks in Digital Libraries C. Chen (1999) “ Spatial metaphors are by far the most popular design principle for information visualisation,” Information Retrieval on the Web M. Kobayashi & K. Takeda (2000) Literature Review

Visualising Semantic Spaces and Author Co-Citation Networks in Digital Libraries C. Chen (1999)

“ Spatial metaphors are by far the most popular design principle for information visualisation,”

Information Retrieval on the Web M. Kobayashi & K. Takeda (2000)

Literature Review

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