Hoptrees: Branching History Navigation for Hierarchies - Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2013
Conference Papers Year : 2013

Hoptrees: Branching History Navigation for Hierarchies

Michael Brooks
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Jevin D. West
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Cecilia R. Aragon
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Carl T. Bergstrom
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Abstract

Designing software for exploring hierarchical data sets is challenging because users can easily become lost in large hierarchies. We present a novel interface, the hoptree, to assist users with navigating large hierarchies. The hoptree preserves navigational history and context and allows one-click navigation to recently-visited locations. We describe the design of hoptrees and an implementation that we created for a tree exploration application. We discuss the potential for hoptrees to be used in a wide variety of hierarchy navigation scenarios. Through a controlled experiment, we compared the effectiveness of hoptrees to a breadcrumb navigation interface. Study participants overwhelmingly preferred the hoptree, with improved time-on-task with no difference in error rates.
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hal-01504893 , version 1 (10-04-2017)

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Michael Brooks, Jevin D. West, Cecilia R. Aragon, Carl T. Bergstrom. Hoptrees: Branching History Navigation for Hierarchies. 14th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT), Sep 2013, Cape Town, South Africa. pp.316-333, ⟨10.1007/978-3-642-40477-1_20⟩. ⟨hal-01504893⟩
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