{"title":"Goldleaf hierarchical document browser","authors":"J. Faichney, R. González","doi":"10.1109/AUIC.2001.906271","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AUIC.2001.906271","url":null,"abstract":"A two-dimensional, zoomable, space filling user interface is presented for browsing conventional, hierarchical file system. Through user studies, the Goldleaf browser was compared with the widely used Microsoft Windows Explorer user interface. The times and number of mouse clicks to locate directories and files were recorded. The user studies found that the Goldleaf browser required less than half the mouse clicks to locate a directory compared with Windows Explorer. Through the use of document thumbnails, subjects were able to locate documents in less than two-thirds the time that it took using Windows Explorer. A majority of subjects felt that the ability of the Goldleaf browser to display multiple levels of the file system simultaneously was its most beneficial feature in completing the tasks. Subjects found that the Goldleaf browser required less mental and physical effort and was more enjoyable to use than Explorer.","PeriodicalId":426707,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Second Australasian User Interface Conference. AUIC 2001","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122638707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The computer science of everyday things","authors":"H. Thimbleby","doi":"10.1109/AUIC.2001.906270","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AUIC.2001.906270","url":null,"abstract":"Technology is fashionable, wonderful and getting better; Moore's Law predicts substantial, sustained improvement (G. Moore, 1996). Yet the usability of 'everyday things' is low (video recorders being a notorious example). It seems to follow that improvements must be sought in areas outside technology, such as human factors. But a premise is wrong: in fact, the technology, i.e., the embedded computer science, is appalling! Obsolescence, a symptom of Moore's Law, hides flawed design: poor products are replaced rather than fixed. The poor quality of the computer science of everyday things is eclipsed by the hope for fixing today's problems with tomorrow's consumption. The paper reviews Moore's Law and the usability of everyday things; it shows that professional computer science can improve usability with ease. Improvement will be essential when ethical and environmental issues become, as they will, unavoidable design criteria.","PeriodicalId":426707,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Second Australasian User Interface Conference. AUIC 2001","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131886649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An animated 3D manipulator for distributed collaborative window-based applications","authors":"Matthew L. Davies, B. Thomas","doi":"10.1109/AUIC.2001.906287","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AUIC.2001.906287","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a new animated 3D graphical object manipulator to improve the visualisation of distributed window-based collaborative 3D applications. By applying animation techniques to the user interface, the experience of multi-user interaction may be enhanced. A major problem associated with distributed collaborative 3D applications is that interactions among users may cause conflicts, and it may be difficult to convey what these conflicts are. In addition, there is a need for additional feedback when interacting with 3D objects in current workstation 3D virtual reality applications. A prototype application is presented in the paper to demonstrate this new animated manipulator.","PeriodicalId":426707,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Second Australasian User Interface Conference. AUIC 2001","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130730631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Leadbetter, A. Hussey, P. Lindsay, A. Neal, Michael F. Humphreys
{"title":"Towards model based prediction of human error rates in interactive systems","authors":"D. Leadbetter, A. Hussey, P. Lindsay, A. Neal, Michael F. Humphreys","doi":"10.1109/AUIC.2001.906275","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AUIC.2001.906275","url":null,"abstract":"Growing use of computers in safety-critical systems increases the need for Human Computer interfaces (HCIs) to be both smarter-to detect human errors-and better designed-to reduce likelihood of errors. We are developing methods for determining the likelihood of operator errors which combine current theory on the psychological causes of human errors with formal methods for modelling human-computer interaction. We present the models of the HCI and operator in an air-traffic control (ATC) system simulation, and discuss the role of these in the prediction of human error rates.","PeriodicalId":426707,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Second Australasian User Interface Conference. AUIC 2001","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116585127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Visualizing content based relations in texts","authors":"E. Weippl","doi":"10.1109/AUIC.2001.906274","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AUIC.2001.906274","url":null,"abstract":"Our goal is to efficiently visualize a medium sized hypertext database containing 500-20000 articles. The visualization technique we propose is an information landscape. Basically, the information landscape maps texts into a 2D plane so that related texts are placed next to each other. The hypertexts' location is calculated according to their content and not according to their links. Combining already published algorithms, the clustering works very well. An important issue, however, is a well-designed user interface (UI). The article presents two 2D interfaces and an improved 3D version. The paper covers all aspects from preprocessing and clustering to the final UI and its functionality.","PeriodicalId":426707,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Second Australasian User Interface Conference. AUIC 2001","volume":"74 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122429724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Steerable interactive television: virtual reality technology changes user interfaces of viewers and of program producers","authors":"R. Pose","doi":"10.1109/AUIC.2001.906280","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AUIC.2001.906280","url":null,"abstract":"Television has traditionally been a passive medium from the viewer's perspective. The viewer sits in front of the television receiver and passively absorbs what is presented. On the other hand immersive virtual reality systems engage the user and bring the user into the virtual world, often as a participant rather than just as an observer. This paper looks at applying virtual reality display technology, the Address Recalculation Pipeline, to the familiar technology of television. In so doing it transforms the relationship between the viewers and the television program producers. It can be made compatible with conventional television for those without the means or inclination to buy the new technology, and provides a base for future developments in virtual reality to be brought to the mass market. Linking virtual reality technology to mass entertainment has the potential to stimulate consumer interest and hence research and development funding in this demanding area, as well as providing an exciting, interactive system in its own right. The user interfaces of both the television production team and of the viewer are changed dramatically with this technology. This paper outlines how the user interfaces differ from conventional ones. An overview of the virtual reality display technology is given to set the scene.","PeriodicalId":426707,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Second Australasian User Interface Conference. AUIC 2001","volume":"10 37","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114044289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Smarter cut-and-paste for programming text editors","authors":"Glen A. Wallace, R. Biddle, E. Tempero","doi":"10.1109/AUIC.2001.906277","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AUIC.2001.906277","url":null,"abstract":"The process of creating software involves many different tools, but the text editor is still one of the most important. Moreover, one of its basic facilities, cut-and-paste, still plays a critical role in enabling simple reuse. In this paper we explore how to improve cut-and-paste within text editors used for programming. We describe how programmers use cut-and-paste for reuse, and suggest the basic underlying principles. We then report on a prototype tool we developed to explore a set of techniques to provide better support for cut-and-paste.","PeriodicalId":426707,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Second Australasian User Interface Conference. AUIC 2001","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114188449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Context in 3D planar navigation","authors":"Scott Vallance","doi":"10.1109/AUIC.2001.906282","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AUIC.2001.906282","url":null,"abstract":"One of the most frustrating barriers to the widespread use of 3D visualisation is the additional complexity in navigating 3D data. This paper details a new approach to improving navigation in 3D environments where the navigation is mainly planar. Data at a distance from the viewpoint is distorted as if projected onto a partial cylinder to approximate a plan view, thereby exposing information that may have been obscured. Previous approaches are compared with this new technique and screenshots presented. Implementation details of the technique are discussed as well as possible performance and useability issues.","PeriodicalId":426707,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Second Australasian User Interface Conference. AUIC 2001","volume":"86 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134477855","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}