%0 Journal Article %1 Cockburn:2009:ROZ:1456650.1456652 %A Cockburn, Andy %A Karlson, Amy %A Bederson, Benjamin B. %C New York, NY, USA %D 2009 %I ACM %J ACM Comput. Surv. %K context focus interfaces ms overview survey visualization zooming %N 1 %P 2:1--2:31 %R 10.1145/1456650.1456652 %T A review of overview+detail, zooming, and focus+context interfaces %U http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1456650.1456652 %V 41 %X There are many interface schemes that allow users to work at, and move between, focused and contextual views of a dataset. We review and categorize these schemes according to the interface mechanisms used to separate and blend views. The four approaches are overview+detail, which uses a spatial separation between focused and contextual views; zooming, which uses a temporal separation; focus+context, which minimizes the seam between views by displaying the focus within the context; and cue-based techniques which selectively highlight or suppress items within the information space. Critical features of these categories, and empirical evidence of their success, are discussed. The aim is to provide a succinct summary of the state-of-the-art, to illuminate both successful and unsuccessful interface strategies, and to identify potentially fruitful areas for further work.

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