ProPane

Abstract

Studies show that every fourth smartphone user watches videos on their device. However, because of increasing camera and encoding quality more and more smartphones are providing an attractive tool for creating and editing videos. The demand for smooth video browsing interfaces is challenged by the limited input and output capabilities that such mobile devices offer. This paper discusses a novel interface for fast and precise video browsing suitable for watching and editing videos. The browsing mechanism offers a simple but powerful interface for browsing videos at different levels of granularity. All interactions can be carried out with no modal changes at all. The interface is easy to understand and efficient to use. A first evaluation proves the suitability of the presented design for casual users as well as for creative professionals such as video editors.

A Convenient Interface for Video Navigation on Smartphones

“…Another alternative video interaction method is presented in (Ganhör, 2012), where the author proposes an landscape-oriented interface where the screen is subdivided into four different interaction panes that can be used in different modes: (i) standard browsing, (ii) advanced browsing, and (iii) progressive browsing. With standard browsing mode, a single tap on the left or right panes causes the interface to display the previous or next frame.…”

Video Interaction Tools

“…Ganhör presents an alternative way to interact with a video player on smartphones [Ganhör 2012]. In landscape orientation, the screen is divided into four different interaction panes: two big areas that cover the right and the left side of the screen, a smaller one at the top, and a big one covering the center and the bottom.…”