Animation in a peripheral display: Distraction, appeal, and information conveyance in varying display configurations

Proceedings - Graphics Interface

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 135-142

  Plaue, Christopher ^a   Stasko, John ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Animation; Evaluation; Information visualization; Peripheral display

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; COMPUTER PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); VISUALIZATION;

INFORMATION VISUALIZATION; PERIPHERAL DISPLAY; PERIPHERAL DISPLAY SYSTEMS;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 34547975301     PISSN: 07135424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1268517.1268541     Document Type: Conference Paper

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