[Sigia-l] Identification please

[Noriyo Asano]

Hi Jonathan and all,

Many many years ago, around the time when Sun Microsystems opened up
the first Java SDK, some early adoptors manipulated it to make this
type of graphics.  And I vaguely remember they were calling it simply
"molecules".

So, on reading Jonathan's first post, some pattern-names like
"molecule tree" or "molecule view" came up on my mind.

All the best,
Noriyo



On 5/11/07, Jonathan Baker-Bates <Jonathan.Baker-Bates at lbi.com> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: sigia-l-bounces at asis.org
> > [mailto:sigia-l-bounces at asis.org] On Behalf Of Skot Nelson
> > Sent: 10 May 2007 20:14
> > To: Jonathan Baker-Bates
> > Cc: sigia-l at asis.org
> > Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] Identification please
> >
> > Jonathan Baker-Bates wrote:
> > > They then tested that against conventional tree and list browsing
> > > interfaces and found that users could retrieve information
> > faster with
> > > these than even proficient users of the hyperbolic UI.
> > >
> > > Do you know of such research?
> >
> > I googled "tree beats hyperbolic browser" and found a bit.
> >
> > The Effect of Information Scent on Searching Information
> > Visualizations of Large Tree Structures Peter Pirolli, Stuart
> > K. Card, and Mija M. Van Der Wege
> >
> > > Hypothesis -
> > > Hyperbolic browsers will outperform more conventional,
> > Explorer-like
> > > browsers in search tasks Method - four types of tasks
> > > (1) Simple retrieval
> > > (2) Complex retrieval
> > > (3) Local relational
> > > (4) Complex/global relational
> > > Results -
> > > No significant difference in overall task times between
> > Hyperbolic and Explorer browsers. Indications that individual
> > performances can overwhelm browser design for overall task.
> > > Hyperbolic browser seems to be faster than Explorer at high
> > scent and slower at low scent (see Figure 4). No reliable
> > statistical difference between low and high scent comparisons
> > for Explorer.
> >
> > Of course, I probably could have found more results if the
> > list had been presented in a Hyperbolic Browser :D
>
> Ah - fantastic!
>
> Thanks Skot, Ken, Mark, David - I ask, you answer. Sometimes it's all so
> simple :-)
>
> Jonathan
>
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