Relativity controller: reflecting user perspective in document spaces

As the ease of accessing and generating large quantities of information increases, people’s ability to navigate through that information and maintain personal perspective decreases [1]. This paper describes an interface element, the Relativity Controller, that enables users to specify what is important to them and modify the portion of their perceptual space that information takes up, using a variation on fisheye view techniques [2]. This process is described as a generalized tool for annotating documents and for controlling the balance between detail and context in representations of document contents. Peripheral portions of documents are condensed so that salient segments can be expanded and whole document contexts maintained. It will be shown here in its application to video data.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1993
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Eric Justin Gould
• Keywords: CHI 1993, Document, Fisheye View Techniques, Human Computer Interaction, Large Quantities