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Papers/Notes: Interaction Techniques

Tuesday, April 13
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Integrating Text with Video and 3D Graphics: The Effects of Text Drawing Styles on Text Readability
Jacek Jankowski, Digital Enterprise Research Institute, National University of Ireland, Ireland
Krystian Samp, Digital Enterprise Research Institute, National University of Ireland, Ireland
Izabela Irzynska, Digital Enterprise Research Institute, National University of Ireland, Ireland
Marek Jozwowicz, Digital Enterprise Research Institute, National University of Ireland, Ireland
Stefan Decker, Digital Enterprise Research Institute, National University of Ireland, Ireland

Presents guidelines for designers of interfaces for games, video, and augmented reality on how best to display readable text on top of 3D and video backgrounds.

Apatite: A New Interface for Exploring APIs
Daniel S. Eisenberg, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Jeffrey Stylos, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Brad A. Myers, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Apatite is a new interface for exploring APIs that visualizes associations among items across different levels of an API's hierarchy. Users can search for actions without first choosing classes.

Push-and-Pull Switching: Window Switching based on Window Overlapping
Quan Xu, LIFL & INRIA Lille University of Lille, France, France
Géry Casiez, LIFL & INRIA Lille University of Lille, France, France

Presents Push-and-Pull Switching, a new window management technique based on window overlapping to implicitly define groups and switch between these groups using "push and pull" operations.

Animated UI Transitions and Perception of Time - a User Study on Animated Effects on a Mobile Screen
Jussi Huhtala, Nokia Research Center, Finland
Ari-Heikki Sarjanoja, Nokia Research Center, Finland
Jani Mäntyjärvi, Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland
Minna Isomursu, Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland
Jonna Häkkilä, Nokia Research Center, Finland

A user study concerning the effect of animation on the perception of transition duration on mobile screens. Gives guidelines for UI designers working with mobile devices.


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