inria-00474022, version 1
High-Precision Magnification Lenses
Caroline Appert a, 1, 2Olivier Chapuis
b, 1, 2Emmanuel Pietriga
1, 2
SIGCHI conference on Human Factors in computing systems (2010) 273-282
Abstract: Focus+context interfaces provide in-place magnification of a region of the display, smoothly integrating the focus of attention into its surroundings. Two representations of the data exist simultaneously at two different scales, providing an alternative to classical pan & zoom for navigating multi-scale interfaces. For many practical applications however, the magnification range of focus+context techniques is too limited. This paper addresses this limitation by exploring the quantization problem: the mismatch between visual and motor precision in the magnified region. We introduce three new interaction techniques that solve this problem by integrating fast navigation and high-precision interaction in the magnified region. Speed couples precision to navigation speed. Key and Ring use a discrete switch between precision levels, the former using a keyboard modifier, the latter by decoupling the cursor from the lens' center. We report on three experiments showing that our techniques make interacting with lenses easier while increasing the range of practical magnification factors, and that performance can be further improved by integrating speed-dependent visual behaviors.
- a – Université Paris Sud - Paris XI
- b – CNRS
- 1: IN-SITU (INRIA Saclay - Ile de France)
- INRIA – CNRS : UMR8623 – Université Paris XI - Paris Sud
- 2: Laboratoire de Recherche en Informatique (LRI)
- CNRS : UMR8623 – Université Paris XI - Paris Sud
- Domain : Computer Science/Human-Computer Interaction
- inria-00474022, version 1
- http://hal.inria.fr/inria-00474022
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- From: Emmanuel Pietriga
- Submitted on: Sunday, 18 April 2010 15:29:40
- Updated on: Tuesday, 31 May 2011 15:24:30










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