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TimeZoom: a flexible detail and context timeline

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In this paper we present TimeZoom, an interactive timeline widget to be combined with a tabular display of data in calendar, e-mail, project planning, or other applications. Different time levels are vertically stacked and can be smoothly zoomed, permitting arbitrary granularity of time units. In addition, single or multiple focus regions with various levels of detail can be defined to allow the display and comparison of time-dependent data, while preserving the overall context.

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CHI EA '06: CHI '06 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
April 2006
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ISBN:1595932984
DOI:10.1145/1125451
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  1. calendar
  2. detail and context technique
  3. e-mail client
  4. fisheye view
  5. information visualization
  6. interaction technique
  7. time navigation
  8. time-dependent data

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