Interaction techniques for rapid navigation and reconfiguration of visualizations

计算机的传统用户界面主要使用熟悉的“点击”交互风格，有时称为WIMP（用于Windows，图标，菜单和指针）。 这些界面比旧的非图形界面更容易学习和使用，但它们通常不是与计算机交互的最有效方式。近年来，研究人员开发了许多新的方法来与计算机进行交互，这些方法操作速度更快，更有效地使用屏幕空间，并且/或者利用比传统鼠标和键盘更先进的输入硬件。例如，这些技术可以允许用户做出快速的鼠标手势来调用命令，或者可以仅在需要控件时在屏幕上弹出控件。然而，迄今为止，这些新技术主要应用于如何输入和编辑诸如文本、文档、绘图、图像或3D对象的内容的问题。

Conventional user interfaces for computers predominantly use the familiar "point-and-click" style of interaction sometimes called WIMP (for Windows, Icons, Menus, and Pointer). These interfaces are easier to learn and use than older non-graphical interfaces, however they are often not the most efficient way to interact with a computer. In recent years, researchers have developed many new ways to interact with computers that are faster to operate, use screen space more efficiently, and/or take advantage of more advanced input hardware than the traditional mouse and keyboard. These techniques might, for example, allow the user to make quick mouse gestures to invoke commands, or might only popup controls on screen when the controls are needed. To date, however, these new techniques have been mostly applied to the problems of how to input and edit content such as text, documents, drawings, images, or 3D objects.