Overview “vs” Detail on mobile devices: a struggle for screen space

Abstract

Overview & Detail is a visualization technique suitable for finding points of interest (POIs) located outside the detailed view. In this study we aim to analyze the effects of the size of the overview on the users’ performance on mobile devices. For that purpose we compared three different interfaces, a traditional one, with smaller dimensions overlaying the detailed view; a larger overview, yet not overlaying the detailed view; and one with a resizable overview. Our results show the users’ preference for a resizable overview and for a larger, non-overlapping overview.

Contributors

Tiago Gonçalves

Ana Paula Afonso

Maria Beatriz Carmo

Paulo Pombinho

Conference

Publication date: September 2012

Publication date (Print): September 2012

Pages: 233-238

Affiliations

Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa

Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal

Article

DOI: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2012.30

Copyright statement: © Tiago Gonçalves et al. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd. The 26th BCS Conference on Human Computer Interaction, Birmingham, UK

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Conference name: The 26th BCS Conference on Human Computer Interaction

Conference acronym: HCI

Conference number: 26

Conference location: Birmingham, UK

Conference date: 12 - 14 September 2012

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Human Computer Interaction

Product

Product Information: 1477-9358BCS Learning & Development

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Categories

Series title: Electronic Workshops in Computing