HCI Seminar 310-89
Day 5 Notes
10/2/00
Syllabus
and links to class notes available at:
http://ils.unc.edu/~march/courses/310_f00/syllabus.html
Main
Points
Agile
views
How
RB fits into course
Questions
How
to do video sampling efficiently?
Will
interface designers get jobs if tool kits make is so easy?
Why
aren’t agile views in use?
Abundant
displays vs 7+-2 idea?
Customization
vs standardization?
Not
clear what is a shared view?
Can
we build the interface to evolve with user (training wheels)?
How
does RB related to Z39.50?
What
programming language to learn? Use?
Lin…semantic
maps and n-dimensional reduction
Issue
to discuss: Is there an optimal data structure/rep? The hierarchy/network/scatter/map discussion identifies
tradeoffs. Now working on thesaurus
browsers.
Ahlberg
& Shneiderman—dynamic queries and starfield displays;
Homefinder
example led to new challenges, and solutions such as alphaslider
see hcil page for other examples
toward
Spotfire http://www.spotfire.com/
Fox et al.--Envision
HCI
embedded in large project. Query form +
overview tool illustrate early trends of 1990s
Lamping
& Rao--Hyperbolic browser
One
of a suite of tools in the Information Visualization Suite
Show
video examples (PARC, 1990; CHI 96)
WebToc:
Read Nation et al.
Hierarchical
browser with added values (size, data type)
Interface
design in context. The BLS and Fedstats
case.
Assignment:
: Specify and sketch search facility on paper (due October 16)
5.
One-minute paper
What was the big point you learned in class today?
What is the main, unanswered question you leave
class with today?