Title :
Icon abacus and ghost icons
Author :
Perer, Adam ; Bier, Eric A.
Author_Institution :
Palo Alto Res. Center, Inc., CA
Abstract :
We present two techniques that make document collection visualizations more informative. Icon abacus uses the horizontal position of icon groups to communicate document attributes. Ghost icons show linked documents by adding temporary icons and by highlighting or dimming existing ones
Keywords :
data visualisation; digital libraries; document handling; graphical user interfaces; meta data; dimming; document attributes; document collection visualizations; ghost icons; highlighting; horizontal position; icon abacus; icon groups; linked documents; temporary icons; Algorithm design and analysis; Animation; Data visualization; Displays; Educational institutions; Human factors; Information retrieval; Shape; Software libraries; Spatial databases; citations; computer-aided reading; icons; metadata; visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Libraries, 2005. JCDL '05. Proceedings of the 5th ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
1-58113-876-8
DOI :
10.1145/1065385.1065508
