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[Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst
From: |
Janne V. Kujala |
Subject: |
[Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst |
Date: |
Wed, 14 May 2003 05:41:41 -0400 |
CVSROOT: /cvsroot/fenfire
Module name: journals
Changes by: Janne V. Kujala <address@hidden> 03/05/14 05:41:40
Modified files:
plans : SA_2003.rst
Log message:
reorg
CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/fenfire/journals/plans/SA_2003.rst.diff?tr1=1.116&tr2=1.117&r1=text&r2=text
Patches:
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diff -u journals/plans/SA_2003.rst:1.116 journals/plans/SA_2003.rst:1.117
--- journals/plans/SA_2003.rst:1.116 Wed May 14 05:35:26 2003
+++ journals/plans/SA_2003.rst Wed May 14 05:41:40 2003
@@ -290,6 +290,23 @@
Mathematical modeling
'''''''''''''''''''''
+Most of the new user interface tehcnologies are
+motivated by perceptual aspects.
+
+For example, fillets are designed to enhance perceivability of visual
+connections between interface elements.
+
+
+One of the basic principles of the Fenfire user interfaces is continuity.
+Continuity helps the user to perceive the interface as cognitively
+coherent --- things are related to each other, not disconnected. This
+reduces load in the user's working memory.
+
+Therefore, the
+
+modeling properties of human visual perception and cognition.
+
+
JVK, HH
For text filtering and ...
@@ -305,14 +322,6 @@
JVK, HH
-Most of the new user interface tehcnologies are based on
-modeling properties of human visual perception and cognition.
-
-One of the basic principles of the Fenfire user interfaces is continuity.
-Continuity helps the user to perceive the interface as cognitively
-coherent --- things are related to each other, not disconnected. This
-reduces load in the user's working memory.
-
Some of the ideas aiming to maintain continuity in the Fenfire user
interface (such as focus-context) have been proved to be efficient by
earlier researchers. Several ideas presented here are, however, genuinely
@@ -328,23 +337,6 @@
interviews can be used to collect the personal opinions of the
participants about the tested idea.
-For example, fillets are designed to enhance perceivability of visual
-connections between interface elements. Fillets have been tested in a
-controlled experiment, showing that fillets do facilitate recognizing
-certain visual structures in a collection of visual items and their
-interconnections, compared to more common implementations. In the next
-phase, fillets will be tested in a more realistic situation requiring the
-user to trace visual connections between information items.
-
-Textured backgrounds implement continuity by providing unique, permanent
-visual context for interface elements to facilitate search and recognition
-of the elements in prolonged use. Textures will be tested to show that the
-user can implicitly memorize textures during interaction with the
-interface elements and use this information to recognize the elements
-faster and more accurately. We will also conduct readibility tests on
-textures to show that a textured background of text does not necessarily
-impair either the legibility or the readability of the text.
-
Finally, we will carry usability tests on a simulated interface, in which
several ideas are implemented simultaneously. The users will be observed
in realistic use situations. Behavioral data will be gathered in verbal
@@ -463,12 +455,6 @@
Fillets
'''''''
-TJL
-
-Foo
-
-Goals???
-
Filleting, or rounding corners of surfaces, is
used in mechanical engineering to improve
the properties of cast objects.
@@ -483,6 +469,15 @@
are informative, fillets can clarify the relationships considerably without
altering the layout.
+Fillets have been tested in a
+controlled experiment, showing that fillets do facilitate recognizing
+certain visual structures in a collection of visual items and their
+interconnections, compared to more common implementations. In the next
+phase, fillets will be tested in a more realistic situation requiring the
+user to trace visual connections between information items.
+
+XXX
+
Our earlier reseach has shown that filleting significantly
improves the perceivability of certain graph layouts.
We plan to obtain experimental justification and
@@ -493,6 +488,8 @@
- quantitative experimental results from general graphs layout
+Goals???
+
Text filtering
''''''''''''''
@@ -560,6 +557,18 @@
algorithm for generating unique textures.
- quantitative model of certain aspects of texture perception and
recognition
+
+XXX:
+
+Textured backgrounds implement continuity by providing unique, permanent
+visual context for interface elements to facilitate search and recognition
+of the elements in prolonged use. Textures will be tested to show that the
+user can implicitly memorize textures during interaction with the
+interface elements and use this information to recognize the elements
+faster and more accurately. We will also conduct readibility tests on
+textures to show that a textured background of text does not necessarily
+impair either the legibility or the readability of the text.
+
Controllers
'''''''''''
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, (continued)
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Janne V. Kujala, 2003/05/13
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Hermanni Hyytiälä, 2003/05/14
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Janne V. Kujala, 2003/05/14
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Hermanni Hyytiälä, 2003/05/14
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Hermanni Hyytiälä, 2003/05/14
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/05/14
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/05/14
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/05/14
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Janne V. Kujala, 2003/05/14
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/05/14
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst,
Janne V. Kujala <=
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Hermanni Hyytiälä, 2003/05/14
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Janne V. Kujala, 2003/05/14
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/05/14
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/05/14
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Janne V. Kujala, 2003/05/14
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/05/14
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/05/14
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Hermanni Hyytiälä, 2003/05/14
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Janne V. Kujala, 2003/05/14
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Hermanni Hyytiälä, 2003/05/14