[IxDA Discuss] Graphical methods for displaying time elapsed

[Dmitry Nekrasovski]

Dan,

Have you considered separate timelines for each type of alarm, with
highlighted segments/icons to indicate alarms that have occurred in
the past? These could be displayed in a sliding window, where one end
of the window corresponds to the current status and the other to 30
min in the past.

Dmitry

On 3/2/07, dnp607 <dnp607 at pacbell.net> wrote:
> > Can you provide a _good deal_ more detail on the application,
> > audience and functional goals?
>
> Thanks for the response Will. Frustratingly, no. I'm sure it would
> yield excellent results from this learned group to give more detail,
> but I'll have to settle for collecting different UI methods of
> displaying a few alarms in relation to time.
>
> > You mention "many alarms" in several different classes over a 30-
> > minute session, and indicate that the user will probably be
> > required to simultaneously track both current alarms and past
> > alarms, using only a simple graphical display. That doesn't sound
> > like a pleasant user experience no matter what how you design the
> > data presentation, and quite possibly could lead to a large number
> > of user errors while using the application.
>
> I correct my statement about "many alarms", it is only 3 types (let's
> say "Good' 'Not so Good' and "Bad"). Your point about having users
> juggle current and past alarms, however, is most salient. I'm
> researching different options for a graphical display of when an
> alarm occurs in relation to time, but it can be accompanied by text
> as well (such as a rolling log). The user needs to know two things:
> Which of three alarm states are occurring right now, and which have
> occurred within a 30 minute window.
>
> Ari, thank you for the pie chart suggestion, that's a good one.
>
> I've also seen time (again, progress related) represented as a
> circular graphic, such as when a Mac boots up.
>
> Any other novel representations of time or an event in time?
>
> Regards,
> -Dan
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> Dan Peknik * NASA Ames Research Center
>         San Jose State University, ID HF/E
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