Supporting Creativity with Advanced Information-Abundant User
Interfaces
Supporting Creativity with Advanced Information-Abundant User
Interfaces
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1999-08-25
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Shneiderman, Ben
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Abstract
A challenge for human-computer interaction researchers and user interface
designers is to construct information technologies that support creativity.
This ambitious goal can be attained if designers build on an adequate
understanding of creative processes. This paper describes a model of
creativity, the four-phase genex framework for generating excellence:
- Collect: learn from previous works stored in digital libraries, the web,
etc.
- Relate: consult with peers and mentors at early, middle and late stages
- Create: explore, compose, discover, and evaluate possible solutions
- Donate: disseminate the results and contribute to the digital libraries, the
web, etc.
Within this integrated framework, there are eight activities that require
human-computer interaction research and advanced user interface design. This
paper concentrates on techniques of information visualization that support
creative work by enabling users to find relevant information resources,
identify desired items in a set, or discover patterns in a collection. It
describes information visualization methods and proposes five questions for
the future: generality, integration, perceptual foundations, cognitive
principles, and collaboration.
Also cross-referenced as UMIACS-TR-9942