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posted by Editor
on Monday March 13, @05:54PM
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This on-line chapter from the book Modern Information Retrieval reviews some of the leading-edge user interfaces for visual information retrieval. Information seeking is an imprecise process. When users approach an information access system, they often have only a fuzzy understanding of how they can achieve their goals. Search interfaces should aid in the understanding and expression of information needs, and should also help users formulate their queries, select among available information sources, understand search results, and keep track of the progress of their search. This chapter provides some examples of how to do this graphically, including directory overviews, graphical query specifications. It also reviews various ways to specify context, including Tile Bars, SeeSoft, VIBE/LyberWorld, and Mappucino.
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