Perspective Wall
[MACK91]
Description
for linearly-structured data
examples of linear data:
- chronological
- alphabetical
two principal obstacles to visualizing linear information structures:
- large amount of information that must be displayed
- difficulty of accommodating the extreme aspect ratio of the linear structure
on the screen
descendant of the bifocal display (look it up!)
Advantages
smooth transitions: moves as if a piano roll
Disadvantages
This page maintained by Mark Brautigam
(PDA version)
Last updated 1 March 1997