The promise of zoomable user interfaces

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 853-866

  Bederson, Benjamin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Information visualisation; Multi scale; Zoomable user interfaces; Zooming user interfaces

Indexed keywords

CAUTIONARY TALES; DESIGN GUIDELINES; MULTISCALES; ZOOMABLE USER INTERFACES; ZOOMING USER INTERFACE;

VISUALIZATION;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 84855671909     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2011.586724     Document Type: Article

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