Space-Scale Diagrams: Understanding Multiscale Interfaces

Big information worlds cause big problems for interfaces. There is too much to see. They are hard to navigate. An armada of techniques has been proposed to present the many scales of information needed. Space-scale diagrams provide a framework for much of this work. By representing both a spatial world and its different magnifications explicitly, the diagrams allow the direct visualization and analysis of important scale related issues for interfaces.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1995
• Where: CHI
• Authors: George W. Furnas, Benjamin B. Bederson
• Keywords: Cause Big Problems, CHI 1995, Human Computer Interaction, Scale Related Issues, Space-scale Diagrams