User models: theory, method, and practice
International Journal of Man-Machine Studies
Computer graphics: principles and practice (2nd ed.)
Computer graphics: principles and practice (2nd ed.)
GroupLens: applying collaborative filtering to Usenet news
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Effectiveness of a graphical display of retrieval results
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Readings in information visualization: using vision to think
Readings in information visualization: using vision to think
PeopleGarden: creating data portraits for users
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Conversation map: a content-based Usenet newsgroup browser
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Observed behavior and perceived value of authors in usenet newsgroups: bridging the gap
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A semantic approach to visualizing online conversations
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Exploring discussion lists: steps and directions
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Conversation thumbnails for large-scale discussions
CHI '03 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
The chat circles series: explorations in designing abstract graphical communication interfaces
DIS '02 Proceedings of the 4th conference on Designing interactive systems: processes, practices, methods, and techniques
Developing Legible Visualizations for Online Social Spaces
HICSS '02 Proceedings of the 35th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'02)-Volume 4 - Volume 4
Tree-Maps: a space-filling approach to the visualization of hierarchical information structures
VIS '91 Proceedings of the 2nd conference on Visualization '91
Anthropomorphic visualization: a new approach for depicting participants in online spaces
CHI '04 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Flash forums and forumReader: navigating a new kind of large-scale online discussion
CSCW '04 Proceedings of the 2004 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
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CHI '05 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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This paper introduces a method that presents a number of characteristics of threads in a discussion forum through graphical illustrations. This technique brings together visual components, such as dimension, color, intensity, and position to present multiple aspects of a thread including the amount of information, popularity, activities, comparative value, and tenure of the thread. This high visual abstraction of threads allows us to display a large number of threads showing overall properties of the contents on a limited screen space. These proposed visualization techniques will assist the user to filtering noisy threads effectively from threads having important features. We have conducted an experimental study, which compares the effectiveness of the developed visual interface to a traditional text-based interface. The experimental study has shown that the user’s search speed and accuracy in finding noticeable threads from a huge collection of threads has improved significantly by using the visual navigation tool.