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Design Framework for Interactive Highlighting Techniques

By Joshua Leung, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, joshua.leung@canterbury.ac.nz | Andy Cockburn, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, andrew.cockburn@canterbury.ac.nz

 
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Joshua Leung and Andy Cockburn (2021), "Design Framework for Interactive Highlighting Techniques", Foundations and Trends® in Human–Computer Interaction: Vol. 14: No. 2-3, pp 96-271. http://dx.doi.org/10.1561/1100000084

Publication Date: 23 Nov 2021
© 2021 J. Leung and A. Cockburn
 
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Assistive technologies,  Augmented reality,  Computer supported cooperative work,  Design and evaluation,  Information visualization,  Interdisciplinary influence,  Perception and the user interface,  Technology,  Theory,  Virtual reality,  Web design,  Animation,  Domain specific languages,  Human factors in security and privacy
 

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In this article:
1. Introduction
2. PCCH – A Framework for Construction and Control of Interactive Highlighting Techniques
3. Previous Studies of Interactive Highlighting Techniques
4. Human Factors for Interactive Highlighting Techniques
5. Summary of Insights
6. Conclusions
References

Abstract

Highlighting techniques are a diverse class of visual communication techniques that make users aware of salient information in a timely manner. Any visual effect can potentially be used and manipulated to create highlighting effects given the right context, making the design space for highlighting techniques broad and rich. Although highlighting techniques are a common and important part of user interfaces, there is a lack of understanding about how to select, apply, and control their effects for achieving the best results.

To address this knowledge gap, we present a new structured design framework – Parametric Control and Construction of Highlights (PCCH) – for describing highlighting techniques in a concise and objective way, using parameters to accurately specify highlighting technique configurations. We then review the current understanding of highlighting techniques, their effects, and prior methods of measuring those effects. We also review underlying human factors that affect how users interact with highlighting techniques.

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Table of contents:
1. Introduction
2. PCCH – A Framework for Construction and Control of Interactive Highlighting Techniques
3. Previous Studies of Interactive Highlighting Techniques
4. Human Factors for Interactive Highlighting Techniques
5. Summary of Insights
6. Conclusions
References

Design Framework for Interactive Highlighting Techniques

Highlighting techniques are a diverse class of visual communication techniques that make users aware of salient information in a timely manner. Any visual effect can potentially be used and manipulated to create highlighting effects given the right context, which makes the design space for highlighting techniques broad and rich. Although highlighting techniques are a common and important part of user interfaces, there is a lack of understanding about how to select, apply, and control their effects to achieve the best results. This monograph lays the foundations for addressing this knowledge gap and proposes a new framework.

The authors review the current understanding of highlighting techniques, their effects, and prior methods of measuring those effects. They also review underlying human factors that affect how users interact with highlighting techniques. To address the knowledge gap, they present a new structured design framework – Parametric Control and Construction of Highlights (PCCH) – for describing highlighting techniques in a concise and objective way, using parameters to accurately specify highlighting technique configurations.

 
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