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University of Maryland Update on Helping Users Get Started Multi-layered Interface Design Visualizing Categorized Search Results Challenge of Missing and Uncertain Data Map sonification Threads: Visualization                Universal Usability

University of Maryland Update on Helping Users Get Started Multi-layered Interface Design Visualizing Categorized Search Results Challenge of Missing and Uncertain Data Map Sonification Threads: Visualization                Universal Usability

University of Maryland Update on Helping Users Get Started Multi-layered Interface Design Visualizing Categorized Search Results Challenge of Missing and Uncertain Data Map Sonification Threads: Visualization                Universal Usability

Lessons Learned Extremely wide range of personal differences in use of help information Video demonstrations seem very “cost-effective” Consider multilayered interfaces

Video Demonstrations (Recorded Demonstrations) Developed new series of demonstrations for Treemap Developed set of Guidelines based on our experience

Update on Help Developed a series of video demonstrations for Treemap Developed Guidelines Examples of good and bad Evaluation challenge

Update on Help Developed a series of video demonstrations for Treemap Developed Guidelines Examples of good and bad Evaluation challenge

Update on Help Developed a series of video demonstrations for Treemap Developed Guidelines Examples of good and bad Evaluation challenge

Our impressions Strong reduction in “how do I” questions Positive feedback on the demos Quantitative evaluation remains a challenge Refining guidelines Keeping examples of “bad” versions Will continue to create examples for new interfaces

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Technical Guidelines

University of Maryland Update on Helping Users Get Started Multi-layered Interface Design Visualizing Categorized Search Results Challenge of Missing and Uncertain Data Map Sonification

Multi-layered interfaces     1 level                          3 levels of growing complexity

Sample message Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 4:33 AM To: 'treemap@cs.umd.edu' Subject: Compliments    Hi,    Thanks very much for giving me the opportunity to explore your Treemap application with great ease. Through the self-explanatory demo, it allows me to truly appreciate the immense potential of such visual analytical application.