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Collapse-to-zoom: Viewing web pages on small screen devices by interactively removing irrelevant content

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary WorksRGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication)peer-review

Abstract

Overview visualizations for small-screen web browsers were designed to provide users with visual context and to allow them to rapidly zoom in on tiles of relevant content. Given that content in the overview is reduced, however, users are often unable to tell which tiles hold the relevant material, which can force them to adopt a time-consuming hunt-and-peck strategy. Collapse-to-zoom addresses this issue by offering an alternative exploration strategy. In addition to allowing users to zoom into relevant areas, collapse-to-zoom allows users to collapse areas deemed irrelevant, such as columns containing menus, archive material, or advertising. Collapsing content causes all remaining content to expand in size causing it to reveal more detail, which increases the user's chance of identifying relevant content. Collapse-to-zoom navigation is based on a hybrid between a marquee selection tool and a marking menu, called marquee menu. It offers four commands for collapsing content areas at different granularities and to switch to a full-size reading view of what is left of the page. © 2004 ACM.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationUIST: Proceedings of the Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
Pages91-94
Publication statusPublished - 2004
Externally publishedYes
EventUIST: Proceedings of the Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology - Santa Fe, NM, United States
Duration: 24 Oct 200427 Oct 2004

Publication series

NameUIST: Proceedings of the Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Softaware and Technology

Conference

ConferenceUIST: Proceedings of the Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
PlaceUnited States
CitySanta Fe, NM
Period24/10/0427/10/04

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Research Keywords

  • Collapse-to-zoom
  • Gesture
  • Marquee menu
  • Overview
  • PDA
  • Pen
  • Small screen device
  • Web browsing

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