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Evaluating the Significance of the Windows Explorer Visualization in Personal Information Management Browsing tasks

2007; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1109/iv.2007.46

2375-0138

Maria Golemati, Akrivi Katifori, Ευγενία Γιαννοπούλου, Ilias Daradimos, Costas Vassilakis,

Usability and User Interface Design

The visualization of hierarchies is very important for digital information management and presentation systems. Especially in the context of personal information management, file browsers play a very important role. Currently the most common file browser visualizations are windows explorer and the simple zoomable visualization offered by Microsoft windows. This work explores the issue of file browser visualization through a user study based on interviews and an experiment.