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[Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst


From: Janne V. Kujala
Subject: [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst
Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 05:41:41 -0400

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/fenfire
Module name:    journals
Changes by:     Janne V. Kujala <address@hidden>        03/05/14 05:41:40

Modified files:
        plans          : SA_2003.rst 

Log message:
        reorg

CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/fenfire/journals/plans/SA_2003.rst.diff?tr1=1.116&tr2=1.117&r1=text&r2=text

Patches:
Index: journals/plans/SA_2003.rst
diff -u journals/plans/SA_2003.rst:1.116 journals/plans/SA_2003.rst:1.117
--- journals/plans/SA_2003.rst:1.116    Wed May 14 05:35:26 2003
+++ journals/plans/SA_2003.rst  Wed May 14 05:41:40 2003
@@ -290,6 +290,23 @@
 Mathematical modeling
 '''''''''''''''''''''
 
+Most of the new user interface tehcnologies are 
+motivated by perceptual aspects.
+
+For example, fillets are designed to enhance perceivability of visual
+connections between interface elements. 
+
+
+One of the basic principles of the Fenfire user interfaces is continuity.
+Continuity helps the user to perceive the interface as cognitively
+coherent --- things are related to each other, not disconnected. This
+reduces load in the user's working memory.
+
+Therefore, the 
+
+modeling properties of human visual perception and cognition. 
+
+
 JVK, HH
 
 For text filtering and ...
@@ -305,14 +322,6 @@
 
 JVK, HH
 
-Most of the new user interface tehcnologies are based on 
-modeling properties of human visual perception and cognition. 
-
-One of the basic principles of the Fenfire user interfaces is continuity.
-Continuity helps the user to perceive the interface as cognitively
-coherent --- things are related to each other, not disconnected. This
-reduces load in the user's working memory.
-
 Some of the ideas aiming to maintain continuity in the Fenfire user
 interface (such as focus-context) have been proved to be efficient by
 earlier researchers. Several ideas presented here are, however, genuinely
@@ -328,23 +337,6 @@
 interviews can be used to collect the personal opinions of the
 participants about the tested idea.
 
-For example, fillets are designed to enhance perceivability of visual
-connections between interface elements. Fillets have been tested in a
-controlled experiment, showing that fillets do facilitate recognizing
-certain visual structures in a collection of visual items and their
-interconnections, compared to more common implementations. In the next
-phase, fillets will be tested in a more realistic situation requiring the
-user to trace visual connections between information items.
-
-Textured backgrounds implement continuity by providing unique, permanent
-visual context for interface elements to facilitate search and recognition
-of the elements in prolonged use. Textures will be tested to show that the
-user can implicitly memorize textures during interaction with the
-interface elements and use this information to recognize the elements
-faster and more accurately. We will also conduct readibility tests on
-textures to show that a textured background of text does not necessarily
-impair either the legibility or the readability of the text.
-
 Finally, we will carry usability tests on a simulated interface, in which
 several ideas are implemented simultaneously. The users will be observed
 in realistic use situations. Behavioral data will be gathered in verbal
@@ -463,12 +455,6 @@
 Fillets
 '''''''
 
-TJL
-
-Foo
-
-Goals???
-
 Filleting, or rounding corners of surfaces, is 
 used in mechanical engineering to improve 
 the properties of cast objects. 
@@ -483,6 +469,15 @@
 are informative, fillets can clarify the relationships considerably without
 altering the layout.
 
+Fillets have been tested in a
+controlled experiment, showing that fillets do facilitate recognizing
+certain visual structures in a collection of visual items and their
+interconnections, compared to more common implementations. In the next
+phase, fillets will be tested in a more realistic situation requiring the
+user to trace visual connections between information items.
+
+XXX
+
 Our earlier reseach has shown that filleting significantly
 improves the perceivability of certain graph layouts. 
 We plan to obtain experimental justification and 
@@ -493,6 +488,8 @@
 
     - quantitative experimental results from general graphs layout
 
+Goals???
+
 Text filtering
 ''''''''''''''
 
@@ -560,6 +557,18 @@
 algorithm for generating unique textures.
 
     - quantitative model of certain aspects of texture perception and 
recognition 
+
+XXX: 
+
+Textured backgrounds implement continuity by providing unique, permanent
+visual context for interface elements to facilitate search and recognition
+of the elements in prolonged use. Textures will be tested to show that the
+user can implicitly memorize textures during interaction with the
+interface elements and use this information to recognize the elements
+faster and more accurately. We will also conduct readibility tests on
+textures to show that a textured background of text does not necessarily
+impair either the legibility or the readability of the text.
+
 
 Controllers
 '''''''''''




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