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Interacting with Visualizations
Published in Christian Tominski, Heidrun Schumann, Interactive Visual Data Analysis, 2020
Christian Tominski, Heidrun Schumann
However, there is a problem with sliders when used for navigating in time. Time-oriented data often contain thousands of time steps. The time series from Figure 4.23 consists of about 25,000 days worth of data. We would need a slider that has a width of 25,000 pixels to be able to guarantee that any date in the range can be accessed. If we had the 25,000 pixels, each pixel would represent exactly one date. Typically, however, we do not have so many pixels. More realistic are scenarios where our slider has a width of 1,000 pixels, meaning that 25,000 dates are mapped to only 1,000 pixels. So, by moving a slider handle by one pixel, we will not get to the next day, but to the next 25th day, essentially skipping 24 dates in between. There is no way we can access any of these 24 dates by direct manipulation of the slider. In short, when the data dimension we wish to navigate with a slider is reasonably large, some values could be inaccessible. This problem can be tackled by considering multiple scales not only for the visualization, but also for the interaction.
Modeling, Design, and Simulation of N/MEMS by Integrating Finite Element, Lumped Element, and System Level Analyses
Published in Sarhan M. Musa, Computational Finite Element Methods in Nanotechnology, 2013
Jason Vaughn Clark, Prabhakar Marepalli, Richa Bansal
In contrast, entire systems may be parameterized in SugarCube. It is the only CAD tool that is able to display circuits with deflected structures in rotatable 3D. Much of SugarCube’s library consists of MEMS designs found in the literature, and the library may be extended by its users, similar to a Wiki. The Wiki attribute is expected to help facilitate SugarCube’s self-sustainment. SugarCube is also unique in using editable bounded sliders (discussed in the following). Not only are sliders quick and easy to use, but the bounded values provide practical design-rule limits, which may be overridden by the user by entering numerical values instead. Other key advances in SugarCube include its optimization features, its one-button layout array generator, and its wafer-level design [26,27].
User interaction patterns of a personal cooling system: A measurement study
Published in Science and Technology for the Built Environment, 2018
Jacob Verhaart, Rongling Li, Wim Zeiler
The airspeed from the PCS is controlled directly by the user with the slider (shown in Figure 2), whereas subjects in Dalewski's experiment used a turning knob. The design of slider makes use of the functionality matching strategy (Wever et al. 2008). People are used to operating similar interfaces like sliders (for example in setting volume and light level on a computer or phone). A slider gives better visual feedback to the position than a turning knob. More complicated interfaces tend to distract the user, frustrate and induce abuse (Verhaart et al. 2015a).