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Who's Zooming Whom? Attunement to Animation in the Interface.

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Chui, Michael; Dillon, Andrew – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1997

Two controlled experiments examined whether the animated zooming effect accompanying the opening or closing of a folder in the Apple Macintosh graphical user interface aids in the user's perception of which window corresponds to which folder. Results suggest users may become attuned to the informational content of the zooming effect with…

Descriptors: Animation, Computer Graphics, Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design

Intelligent Information Agents: Review and Challenges for Distributed Information Sources.

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Haverkamp, Donna S.; Gauch, Susan – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1998

Discusses intelligent user interfaces, through which a user may query for information; explains the different types of intelligent online search assistants, or agents, which are used to support these interfaces. Describes several different agent systems. Concludes by discussing the current state of agents in information retrieval, especially as…

Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Interfaces, Information Retrieval, Information Sources