FilmFinder

Last revision: 03/04/2008, G. Waloszek

Figure 1 : FilmFinder (left: Starfield display; right: AlphaSliders; click imager for larger view)

 

FilmFinder

Figure 2 : FilmFinder - a selection has been made (left: Starfield display; right: AlphaSliders; click imager for larger view)

 

 

Purpose

FilmFinder demonstrates the usefulness of new controls that were developed at the University of Maryland: Starfield display and alpha/range sliders.

Applications

FilmFinder became a commercial application for home use; it helped people in finding films and videos that fit their personal interests and taste. FilmFinder was marketed Spotfire, a company that was founded by Cristopher Ahlberg.

Authors, Date

Ben Shneiderman (HCIL), Christopher Ahlberg (formerly student at HCIL, now Spotfire); about 1994

Links, Papers

  • HCIL (University of Maryland): www.cs.umd.edu/projects/hcil
  • Spotfire: www.spotfire.com
  • Ahlberg, C. & Shneiderman, B. (1994). Visual information seeking: Tight coupling of dynamic query filters with starfield displays. Proc. ACM CHI '94 Conference, 313-317.
  • Ben Shneiderman (1999). Dynamic queries, starfield displays, and the path to Spotfire. (www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/spotfire)