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Pad++: A Zoomable Graphical Sketchpad for Exploring Alternate Interface Physics


Author(s) : Jonathan Meyer Ken Perlin James D. Hollan Benjamin B. Bederson David Bacon George Furnas, 
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Publication Date : 1996
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Abstract : user interface management system (UIMS). We describe Pad++, a zoomable graphical sketchpad that we are exploring as an alternative to traditional window and icon-based interfaces. We discuss the motivation for Pad++, describe the implementation, and present prototype applications. In addition, we introduce an informational physics strategy for interface design and briefly contrast it with current design strategies. We envision a rich world of dynamic persistent informational entities that operate according to multiple physics specifically designed to provide cognitively facile access and serve as the basis for design of new computationally-based work materials.,