Open AccessUser perception of 4 hierarchical layouts
Author(s) -
Merc̆un Tanja,
Z̆umer Maja
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
proceedings of the american society for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Book series
eISSN - 1550-8390
pISSN - 0044-7870
ISBN - 0-87715-545-3
DOI - 10.1002/meet.14505001126
Subject(s) - usability , visualization , perception , computer science , human–computer interaction , information visualization , world wide web , information retrieval , artificial intelligence , psychology , neuroscience
Information visualization offers an opportunity to provide quick overviews and support exploration of the information landscape. However, there are many visualization techniques and layouts to choose from and some designs work better than others. The poster presents four hierarchical layouts developed in our FrbrVis prototype to display bibliographic work families and looks at user's perceptions of the layouts gathered through a usability study. The results of reaction cards and interviews show that the radial layout was perceived least favorably while sunburst received the highest number of positive comments.