To appear in: Proceedings of Interact 2001 (Poster)

The ScrollSearcher Technique: Using Scrollbars to Explore Search Results

Staffan Björk
PLAY research studio, Interactive Institute
c/o Viktoria Institute, Box 620, 405 30 Göteborg, SWEDEN
http://www.interactiveinstitute.se
staffan.bjork@interactiveinstitute.se

Abstract

This paper introduces the ScrollSearcher, an enhanced scrollbar that provides users with an overview of the results of text searches and allows users to explore the results using direct manipulation. The ScrollSearcher maintains the original presentation of documents and allows users to combine searches so dependencies between different searches can be studied.

Keywords

scrollbars, widgets, direct manipulation, visual searching

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