1. cs5984: Information Visualization Chris North
Workspaces
cs5984: Information Visualization
Chris North

2. Workspaces Tie it all together into work environment Task management
Visualizations integrate with other tasks
Visualization of tasks
Task management
Personal information management (PIM)
Problems with standard Windows approach
Documents, applications, windows, icons in folders, icons on desktop, icons on start bar,…?
Task switching difficult (multiple windows / task)
Too much time spent moving/resizing/rearranging windows
Desktop overloaded, doesn’t scale up
No relationships between windows?

3. Role Manager
Organize by Roles
Shneiderman et al

4. Elastic Windows Merge file system and window system
Hierarchical tiled windows
Elastic resizing (fisheye)
Kandogan

5. Elastic Windows

6. Information Forager
Virtual office = physical office
Card et al.

7. Win3D
Quake for personal information management
Clockwise3d.com
Demo?

8. Genex Task-based history keeping and transfer Linking views (Snap)
Data centricity (Visage)
Elastic tiled windows (EW)
Visual Macros …
Shneiderman et al
Demo

9. Today Gelernter, “LifeStreams”, web Robertson, “Task Gallery”, web
fanye, luhui
Robertson, “Task Gallery”, web
priya, dilshad

10. Assignment Read for Tues: Construction Read for Thurs: Debates
Hibino, “LiveDocs/InfoStill”, web
gowri, joy
Haeberli, “Conman/DataFlow”, web
ajay, denzil
Read for Thurs: Debates
Hornbaek, “Fisheye vs. Overview+Detail”, web
Luhui, Shumei
Leung, “Bifocal vs. Overview+Detail”, web

11. Future Project presentations in 2 weeks Topics of interest? tues
Last 2 days of class, 2 hours/class
presentation: 10 min talk, 10 min open discussion
Final project paper: may 7
Pick slots on tuesday
Topics of interest? tues