Interacting with hidden content using content-aware free-space transparency

UIST: Proceedings of the Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Softaware and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 189-192

  Ishak, Edward W ^a   Feiner, Steven K ^a  

^a Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Content disambiguation; Interaction techniques; Pie menu; Screen space; Space management; Transparency

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; TRANSPARENCY; VISUALIZATION;

CONTENT DISAMBIGUATION; INTERACTION TECHNIQUES; PIE MENU; SCREEN SPACE; SPACE MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS;

EID: 20344389543     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1029632.1029666     Document Type: Conference Paper

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