Group:
graphical user interface
Group:
types of user interfaces
Topic:
absolute vs. relative names
Topic:
information retrieval by topic
Topic:
mouse as the user interface
Topic:
naming by pointing or recognition
Topic:
personal information
Topic:
spatial metaphor in user interfaces
Topic:
spatial vs. temporal representation
Topic:
using an address as a name
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Summary
Location is a powerful organizer of information. Information is related by proximity. For the real-world entities, mapped access restricts the potential candidates while showing their location.
An earlier example is Bolt's spatial data management system. (cbb 10/07)
Subtopic: locate files by location 
| Quote: users overwhelmingly prefer to locate files by location or application rather than by keyword or filename pattern [»barrD7_1995]
| | Quote: use time and location to simplify a minimal-attention user interface; uses a clock and GPS [»pascJ9_2000]
| | Quote: given time and location can derive the tide-level and dominant vegetation; simplifies data gathering [»pascJ9_2000]
| | Quote: users had no difficulty in finding their working information; used repeatedly at a known location [»barrD7_1995]
| | Quote: people prefer location-based searching over keywords and filenames; better reminding; place files where they will be seen [»barrD7_1995]
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Subtopic: retrieval by calendar appointment
| Quote: retrieve documents by calendar appointment; used 10x more often then traditional searches [»hullJJ3_2001]
| | Quote: use public entries in on-line calendars: helps meeting organizers, potential attenders, and locating individuals [»paleL12_1997]
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Subtopic: desktop metaphor
| Quote: spatially indexed data uses our everyday experience of retrieving items spatially, e.g., from the desktop [»boltRA7_1980]
| | Quote: a person's desk is organized spatially; mental image of the desk's layout and motor memory of where things are [»boltRA_1979]
| | Quote: a desk both reminds a user of what to do and helps him find current information; automated systems should do the same [»maloTW6_1982]
| | Quote: systems can provided untitled 'piles' of files located by physical location
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Subtopic: retrieval by physical location
| Quote: when arguing a topic in front of a blackboard, will refer to diagrams and equations by location, even long after they're erased [»boltRA_1979]
| | Quote: when looking up a word beginning with 'R', we open the book at about R from the beginning [»boltRA_1979]
| | Quote: Simonides memorized long recitations by mentally walking about a temple and talking to statues [»boltRA_1979]
| | Quote: in writing a book, spreads out chapters and topics around room without labels [»boltRA_1984]
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Subtopic: spatial data-management
| Quote: in spatial data-management, access data by location instead of by name; like retrieving a book from a home library [»boltRA_1979]
| | Quote: SDMS's Dataland shown via a small, world view monitor, and a ten-foot enlarged image of a small subsector [»boltRA_1979]
| | Quote: a SDMS user can go directly to a subsector by touching the world view monitor [»boltRA_1979]
| | Quote: SDMS provides joysticks for positioning Dataland and for zoom control [»boltRA_1979]
| | Quote: SDMS provides sufficient sense of space to activate humans spatial organization capabilities; but it is not a confusing 3-d simulation [»boltRA_1979]
| Quote: the media room provided a spatial, virtual graphical space for a world of data that matches its actual spatial layout
[»boltRA7_1980]
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Related Topics
Group: graphical user interface (24 topics, 512 quotes)
Group: types of user interfaces (23 topics, 298 quotes)
Topic: absolute vs. relative names (12 items)
Topic: information retrieval by topic (16 items)
Topic: mouse as the user interface (13 items)
Topic: naming by pointing or recognition (13 items)
Topic: personal information (41 items)
Topic: spatial metaphor in user interfaces (33 items)
Topic: spatial vs. temporal representation (21 items)
Topic: using an address as a name
(22 items)
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