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A Guide to Visual Multi-Level Interface Design From Synthesis of Empirical Study EvidenceDecision 4: How to Spatially Arrange the Visual Levels, Embedded or Separate?

A Guide to Visual Multi-Level Interface Design From Synthesis of Empirical Study Evidence:... [The last step in our decision tree is to decide between the two spatial arrangements of simultaneous-level display: the interface can embed the different levels within the same window or show them as separate views. Proponents of the embed approach argued that the different levels should be integrated into a single dynamic display, much as in human vision Card et al. [1999], Furnas [2006]. View integration is believed to facilitate visual search as it provides an overview ofthe whole display, which “gives cues (including overall structure) that improve the probability of searching the right part of the space” (p. 22) Pirolli et al. [2003]. Integrated views of data are argued to “support and improve perception and evaluation of complex situations by not forcing the analyst to perceptually and cognitively integrate multiple separate elements” (p. 83) Thomas and Cook [2005]. Also, it is believed that when information is broken into two displays (e.g., legends for a graph, or overview + detail), visual search and working memory consequences degrade performance as users need to look back and forth between the two displays Card et al. [1999], Pirolli et al. [2003]. On the other hand, spatial embedding frequently involves distortion, an issue discussed in Chapter 8.1.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Guide to Visual Multi-Level Interface Design From Synthesis of Empirical Study EvidenceDecision 4: How to Spatially Arrange the Visual Levels, Embedded or Separate?

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Springer International Publishing
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© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2011
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978-3-031-01470-3
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41 –46
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10.1007/978-3-031-02598-3_8
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[The last step in our decision tree is to decide between the two spatial arrangements of simultaneous-level display: the interface can embed the different levels within the same window or show them as separate views. Proponents of the embed approach argued that the different levels should be integrated into a single dynamic display, much as in human vision Card et al. [1999], Furnas [2006]. View integration is believed to facilitate visual search as it provides an overview ofthe whole display, which “gives cues (including overall structure) that improve the probability of searching the right part of the space” (p. 22) Pirolli et al. [2003]. Integrated views of data are argued to “support and improve perception and evaluation of complex situations by not forcing the analyst to perceptually and cognitively integrate multiple separate elements” (p. 83) Thomas and Cook [2005]. Also, it is believed that when information is broken into two displays (e.g., legends for a graph, or overview + detail), visual search and working memory consequences degrade performance as users need to look back and forth between the two displays Card et al. [1999], Pirolli et al. [2003]. On the other hand, spatial embedding frequently involves distortion, an issue discussed in Chapter 8.1.]

Published: Jan 1, 2011

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