Pad - An Alternative Approach to the Computer Interface

Pad - An Alternative Approach to the Computer Interface (1993)

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by Ken Perlin , David Fox

Venue:	In Proc. ACM SIGGRAPH
Citations:	244 - 2 self

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TITLE	Abstract Pad An Alternative Approach tothe Computer Interface	SVM HeaderParse 0.1
AUTHOR NAME	Ken Perlin	SVM HeaderParse 0.1
AUTHOR AFFIL	Courant Institute ofMathematical Sciences; New York University	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR ADDR	719 Broadway 12th Floor; New York, NY 10003	SVM HeaderParse 0.1
AUTHOR NAME	David Fox	SVM HeaderParse 0.1
AUTHOR AFFIL	Courant Institute ofMathematical Sciences; New York University	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR ADDR	719 Broadway 12th Floor; New York, NY 10003	SVM HeaderParse 0.1
ABSTRACT	We believe that navigation in information spaces is best supported by tapping into our natural spatial and geographic ways of thinking. Tothis end, we are developing anew computer interface model called Pad. The ongoing Pad project uses a spatial metaphor for computer interface design. It provides an intuitive base for the support of such applications as electronic marketplaces, information services, and on-line collaboration. Pad is an in nite two dimensional information planethat isshared among users, muchasanetwork le system is shared. Objects are organized geographically; every object occupies a well de ned region on the Pad surface. For navigation, Pad uses \portals "- magnifying glasses that can peer into and roam over di erent parts ofthis single in nite shared desktop; links to speci c items are established and broken continually as the portal's view changes. Portals can recursively look onto other portals. This paradigm enables the sort of peripheral activity generally found in real physical working environments. The apparent size of an object to anyuser determines the amount ofdetail it presents. Di erent users can share and view multiple applications while assigning each adesired degree of interaction. Documents can be visually nested and zoomed as they move back and forth between primary and secondary working attention. Things can be peripherally accessible. In this paper we describe the Pad interface. We discuss how to e ciently implement its graphical aspects, and we illustrate some of our initial applications.	SVM HeaderParse 0.1
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