Generalized Fisheye Views
Introduces fisheye views that show detail around the focus and only landmarks farther away.
Citation
Furnas, G. W. (1986). Generalized Fisheye Views. ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 17(4), 16–23.
Method
Naturalistic study, formalism, implementation, and evaluation.
Claims used
- People represent their surroundings in detail near the focus but retain landmarks for distant regions; such views can help with large information structures.
Extracted principles
- Links that preserve and add contextConditionally supported
Following a link should add context instead of replacing it, while preserving the reading trail in the URL.
Knowledge navigationSpatial UI