Beyond Snapping

Felice, Marianela Ciolfi; Maudet, Nolwenn; Mackay, Wendy E.; Beaudouin-Lafon, Michel

doi:10.1145/2984511.2984577

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“…Beaudouin-Lafon's [3] Instrumental Interaction model extends and generalizes the principles of direct manipulation, and is operationalized by three design principles [5]: Reification turns commands into first class objects or instruments; polymorphism applies instruments to different types of objects; and reuse makes both user input and system output accessible for later use. Although they have been explored in the context of graphical editing [15,34]; our focus here is on text editing.…”

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Textlets: Supporting Constraints and Consistency in Text Documents

Han

Renom

Mackay

et al. 2020

Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Writing technical documents frequently requires following constraints and consistently using domain-specific terms. We interviewed 12 legal professionals and found that they all use a standard word processor, but must rely on their memory to manage dependencies and maintain consistent vocabulary within their documents. We introduce Textlets, interactive objects that reify text selections into persistent items. We show how Textlets help manage consistency and constraints within the document, including selective search and replace, word count, and alternative wording. Eight participants tested a search-and-replace Textlet as a technology probe. All successfully interacted directly with the Textlet to perform advanced tasks; and most (6/8) spontaneously generated a novel replaceall-then-correct strategy. Participants suggested additional ideas, such as supporting collaborative editing over time by embedding a Textlet into the document to flag forbidden words. We argue that Textlets serve as a generative concept for creating powerful new tools for document editing.

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Section: Theoretical Foundationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Textlets: Supporting Constraints and Consistency in Text Documents

Han

Renom

Mackay

et al. 2020

Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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“…Ryall et al [36] describe a number of techniques that constrain the layout of graphs, including alignment, equal spacing (i.e., distribution), ordering, and grouping. StickyLines [13] take this approach further by making alignment and distribution constraints tweakable and persistent. Other approaches try to automatically infer layout constraints [57] or specify layout designs by example [31].…”

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“…Grids, stacks, and packs are representative layout constraints in visualization authoring systems [41]. StructGraphics' layout constraints are based, instead, on principles of persistent alignment and distribution [13]. This approach allows for more malleable layouts, e.g., a grid with rows that are freely translated across the x direction.…”

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“…The sketcher relies on techniques of persistent alignment and distribution [13] for laying out visual objects (DP 2 ). This approach encourages exploration through trial and error.…”

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“…We adopt a data-agnostic approach that produces reusable visualization structures without programming. The approach combines techniques of graphical properties sharing [15], by-example specification [27,31], and persistent alignment and distribution [13] into a new framework of nested property structures. We call it StructGraphics (in distinction with "Infographics") to emphasize its focus on graphical structures rather than data.…”

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StructGraphics: Flexible Visualization Design through Data-Agnostic and Reusable Graphical Structures

Tsandilas

2021

IEEE Trans. Visual. Comput. Graphics

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Fig. 1. The StructGrapher's user interface consists of: (a) a library of reusable visualization structures, (b) a visualization sketcher for drawing basic shapes and grouping them into collections, (c) a property inspector for exposing and structuring graphical properties, and (d) a spreadsheet for creating mappings between properties and data. The approach enables designers to construct data-agnostic visualizations and create flexible bindings with data. The bottom visualization design was originally published in the Financial Times [22].

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Creating StoryLines: Participatory Design with Power Grid Operators

Sahel,

Mackay,

Marot

2023

Communications in Computer and Information Science

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Designing interactive technology to support safety-critical systems poses multiple challenges with respect to security, access to operators and the proprietary nature of the data. We conducted a two-year participatory design project with French power grid operators to both understand their specific needs and to collaborate on the design of a novel collaborative tool called StoryLines. Our primary objective was to capture detailed, in-context data about operators' work practices as part of a larger project designed to provide bi-directional assistance between an intelligent agent and human operator. We targeted handovers between shifts to take advantage of the operators' existing practice of articulating the current status of the grid and expected future events. We use information that would otherwise be lost to gather valuable information about the operator's decision rationale and decision-making patterns. This paper describes how we combined a bottom-up participatory design approach with a top-down generative theory approach to design StoryLines, an interactive timeline that helps operators collect information from diverse tools, record reminders and share relevant information with the next shift's operator. We conclude with a discussion of the challenges of working with users in safety-critical environments and directions for future research.

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Beyond Snapping

Abstract: Figure 1: StickyLines reify alignment and distribution into first-class graphical objects that users can manipulate directly. (a) Circular and horizontal alignments. (b) Non-linear distribution. (c) Ghost guideline. (d) Tweaking an object's bounding box.

Cited by 27 publications

References 33 publications

Textlets: Supporting Constraints and Consistency in Text Documents

Textlets: Supporting Constraints and Consistency in Text Documents

StructGraphics: Flexible Visualization Design through Data-Agnostic and Reusable Graphical Structures

Creating StoryLines: Participatory Design with Power Grid Operators

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