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Explore the world of Multiscale Interfaces, focusing on the ability to present information at different levels of scale - from CAD to graphics design. Learn about Zoomable User Interfaces (ZUI) and semantic zooming for a continuous and natural presentation. Discover tools like MuSE that simplify the creation of ZUI spaces, allowing for easy scale changes. Enhance your ability to view information from various perspectives and levels of detail effortlessly.
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ZoOm! ZoOm! ZoOm! A Multiscale Interface Kirk Hackert
Information worlds are expanding. • CAD, mapping, graphics design, etc. • Presentation desires? • Ability to view from a variety of scales, i.e., • focusing when necessary or showing context • A continuous, natural presentation • Logical progression emphasizing relational structure
Multiscale Interfaces Interfaces that have the abillity to present information at different levels of scale (magnification?). Zoomable User Interface (ZUI) “2D + 1” ZUI’s have the standard two dimensions of space, a horizontal and vertical axis, but also a third dimension of scale. Movement in space = panning Movement in scale = zooming
Original 2D image Stacked Enlargements
Beyond simple magnification • Avoid clutter when viewing “big picture” • Present informational synopses • Allow for appropriate representation with respect to scale Semantic Zooming Allow for not only the scale of information to change but the representation as well. Thus ZUI’s can be more than multiscale. They can be multirepresentational.
Making ZUI’s Much of the work in ZUI’s has been done working with an early development package Pad++. Some of those involved have continued working on a Java based tool called Jazz. Let’s take a brief look at a ZUI in action. MuSE – A multiscale editor looking to make ZUI spaces easier to create. Make changing scale as easy as moving an image laterally on a page.
Fog In a space of infinite proportions, there’s bound to be a lot of nothing.