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      Effect of Fidelity in Diagram Presentation

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      People and Computers XXII Culture, Creativity, Interaction (HCI)
      Computers XXII Culture, Creativity, Interaction
      1 - 5 September 2008
      Design fidelity, sketching, sketch tools
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            The visual fidelity (fidelity) of a design diagram affects perception and design performance. Hand-drawn diagrams are more effective working documents for early design tasks such as user interface designs than the equivalent computer-prepared formal representation. However people prefer more formal representations because they feel that hand-drawn diagrams look unprofessional. Sketch-based design tools make it possible to present partially tidied designs. We have postulated intermediary levels of visual fidelity in a systematic manner and implemented these levels into a sketch tool to evaluate the effect of computerization and fidelity on perception and design performance. Our findings show that: performance decreased systematically with increased fidelity; that computer presented designs decreases performance and that performance was decreased by computerization of the hand-drawn diagrams. In contrast, user satisfaction was higher with increasing levels of fidelity. These results pose challenges to the sketch tools community and further questions for effective computer support for early design.

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            Conference
            September 2008
            September 2008
            : 35-44
            Affiliations
            [1 ]Department of Psychology

            University of Auckland, New Zealand

            Phone +64 9 373-7599
            [2 ]Department of Computer Science

            University of Auckland, New Zealand

            Phone +64 9 373-7599
            Article
            10.14236/ewic/HCI2008.4
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            © Louise Yeung et al. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd. People and Computers XXII Culture, Creativity, Interaction

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            People and Computers XXII Culture, Creativity, Interaction
            HCI
            22
            Conference Liverpool John Moores University, UK.
            1 - 5 September 2008
            Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)
            Computers XXII Culture, Creativity, Interaction
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            1477-9358 BCS Learning & Development

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            Electronic Workshops in Computing

            Applied computer science,Computer science,Security & Cryptology,Graphics & Multimedia design,General computer science,Human-computer-interaction
            sketching,Design fidelity,sketch tools

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