Evaluating visual cues for window switching on large screens
Evaluating visual cues for window switching on large screens
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10.1145/1357054.1357199
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2008-04
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通讯作者：
Raphael Hoffmann;Patrick Baudisch;Daniel S. Weld
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作者：
Raphael Hoffmann;Patrick Baudisch;Daniel S. Weld
越来越多的用户采用大型多监视器显示器。由此产生的设置覆盖了如此广泛的视角，以至于用户不再能够同时感知屏幕的所有部分。用户视野之外的变化往往被忽视。因此，用户有时很难找到活动窗口，例如在切换焦点后。本文调查图形线索设计直接视觉注意，并使其适应窗口切换。视觉线索包括目标窗口周围的五种类型的框架和遮罩以及通向窗口的四条轨迹。我们报告了两个用户研究的结果。第一种方法单独评估每个线索。第二个评估的混合技术相结合的最成功的候选人从第一项研究。最好的线索是视觉上稀疏的-用颜色弹出的曲线框架和可预测来源的锥形轨迹的组合。
An increasing number of users are adopting large, multi-monitor displays. The resulting setups cover such a broad viewing angle that users can no longer simultaneously perceive all parts of the screen. Changes outside the user's visual field often go unnoticed. As a result, users sometimes have trouble locating the active window, for example after switching focus. This paper surveys graphical cues designed to direct visual attention and adapts them to window switching. Visual cues include five types of frames and mask around the target window and four trails leading to the window. We report the results of two user studies. The first evaluates each cue in isolation. The second evaluates hybrid techniques created by combining the most successful candidates from the first study. The best cues were visually sparse --- combinations of curved frames which use color to pop-out and tapered trails with predictable origin.