Therefore, neither she nor field teams who observe her actually know whether side-by-side views are truly what she needs for her purposes.
#Gps visualizer program update#
For example, the program does not provide support for finding an entry into multiple side-by-side scatterplots for comparison purposes or for staying oriented within them in meaning and place, especially when, due to distinct program launches, interactions in one window do not update to the other.īecause of this lack of integrated support, Anya never analyzes side-by-side views. In part, this avoidance of overload is tied to the program's support: There is a large gap between what the program can do-side-by-side scatterplots-and what it cannot do-ease comparative analysis. She is cowed by the prospect of perceptual overload. Anya, however, prefers not to display and manipulate such side-by-side comparisons. Admittedly, if she wanted to take advantage of the power offered by her first visualization program, she could create such comparisons. Nor can she display two versions of the same view color-coded differently without launching the program again in another window. However, to do this, she has to go back to the data source, calculate, generate a new weighted field, and re-create the visualization perspective.Īnother shortcoming is that Anya cannot get a perspective that shows side-by-side comparisons of prior and current views. Moreover, because of workplace influences she wants to give more weight to some elements than others. Nor can Anya compare views across programs to customize colors or compare subcategories based on their distinct spread of values. The programs, however, offer no pre-structured support for such isomorphic comparisons. At another, she wants to compare the performance patterns in subcategories.
At one point, she wants figures combined and formatted in a comparison chart. Anya often does not get the outcomes she needs. BARBARA MIREL, in Interaction Design for Complex Problem Solving, 2004 Examining Current ShortcomingsĪnya's visualization programs support some aspects of both types of comparison, but they fall short, as well.