A Fisheye Calendar Interface for PDAs: Providing Overviews for Small Displays

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dc.contributor.authorBederson, Benjamin B.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCzerwinski, Mary P.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRobertson, George G.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2004-05-31T23:18:36Z
dc.date.available2004-05-31T23:18:36Z
dc.date.created2002-05en_US
dc.date.issued2003-01-21en_US
dc.description.abstractCalendar applications for small handheld devices such as PDAs are growing in popularity. This led us to develop FishCal, a novel calendar interface for PDAs. It supports users in performing planning and analysis tasks by using a fisheye representation of dates coupled with compact overviews, user control over the visible time period, and integrated search. This enables users to see overviews and to easily navigate the calendar structure, and to discover patterns and outliers. FishCal was evaluated in a benchmark usability study comparing it to Microsoft's Pocket PC 2002(tm) calendar. Eleven users performed complex tasks significantly faster and completed them more often with FishCal. Task by task user satisfaction data showed a significant advantage for FishCal as well. A number of usability issues were identified to aid in the iterative refinement of FishCal. Keywords Fisheye Views, Information Visualization, Calendar Interfaces, PDAs, Animation, Graphics. (UMIACS-TR-2002-48) (HCIL-TR-2002-09)en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/1201
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtTech Reports in Computer Science and Engineeringen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUMIACS Technical Reportsen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesUM Computer Science Department; CS-TR-4368en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesUMIACS; UMIACS-TR-2002-48en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesHCIL-TR-2002-09en_US
dc.titleA Fisheye Calendar Interface for PDAs: Providing Overviews for Small Displaysen_US
dc.typeTechnical Reporten_US

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