Scalable Fabric

1. Scalable Fabric Some basic sketches… Eric Horvitz

2. Toward a Scalable Fabric Metaphor • Metaphors that allow for smooth or ratcheted visual compression and expansion • Controls of threshold regions and functions • Transitions to other forms of minimization • Cooperative behaviors among multiple windows

3. Stable region Progressive shrink

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5. Scaling dependent on distance, e.g., scale=f(distance > midpoint) Stable region Progressive shrink

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15. Optional use of transition off of screen, to another iconic form, e.g.,… Stable region Progressive shrink

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33. Configurable Stable region Progressive shrink

34. Configurable Stable region Progressive shrink

35. Configurable Stable region Progressive shrink

36. Configurable Stable region Progressive shrink

37. Other prototypical regional geometries Stable region Progressive shrink

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