Title :
A high-density catalog for online browsing
Author :
Spraragen, Susan L. ; Podlaseck, Mark
Author_Institution :
IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Hawthorn, NY, USA
Abstract :
In brick-and mortar stores and paper catalogs, the experiential, non-directed consumer activity called browsing can expose a prospective buyer to hundreds of images, scents, and sounds in the space of seconds. On the World Wide Web, however, the browser´s experience is attenuated, not only by the limited number of items represented at a given time on a given page, but by the number of arbitrary decisions that are often required to navigate to that page. The High-Density Online Catalog (HDOC) is a single-page, interactive visualization derived from parallel coordinate plots and intended for browsing many items with common attributes. A fully populated HDOC immediately communicates its depth and breadth, and engages the user to dip freely into its contents. A prototype of HDOC, illustrating many hundreds of musical works, has been developed in conjunction with the composer, Philip Glass. The paper discusses the HDOC interface design and initial usability studies.
Keywords :
cataloguing; human factors; information resources; information retrieval; interactive systems; music; online front-ends; user interfaces; HDOC interface design; High-Density Online Catalog; Philip Glass; World Wide Web; arbitrary decisions; browser experience; common attributes; high-density catalog; music composer; musical works; non-directed consumer activity; online browsing; parallel coordinate plots; prospective buyer; single-page interactive visualization; usability studies; Business; Game theory; Glass; Mortar; Navigation; Packaging; Prototypes; Taxonomy; Usability; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 2001. Proceedings of the 34th Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Maui, HI, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0981-9
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.2001.927090