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Stackables: faceted browsing with stacked tangibles

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CHI EA '12: CHI '12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2212776.2212391

Published: 05 May 2012 Publication History

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We demonstrate Stackables, tangible widgets designed for individual and collaborative faceted browsing. In contrast, current interfaces for browsing and search in large data spaces largely focus on supporting either individual or collaborative activities. Each stackable facet token represents search parameters that can be shared amongst collaborators, modified, and stored. We show how individuals or multiple people can interact with Stackables and combine them to formulate queries on realistic datasets. We have successfully used and evaluated Stackables in a user study with a dataset of over 1500 books and 12 facets with ranges of thousands of facet values.

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CHI EA '12: CHI '12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

May 2012

2864 pages

ISBN:9781450310161

DOI:10.1145/2212776

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Joseph A. Konstan
University of Minnesota
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Kristina Höök
Mobile Life at KTH

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