Interaction techniques for rapid navigation and reconfiguration of visualizations

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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.