The Craft of Information Visualization

A Fisheye Calendar Interface for PDAs: Providing Overviews for Small Displays

Benjamin B. Bederson,     Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory, Computer Science Department, Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 [phone]. E-mail address: [e-mail]

Mary P. Czerwinski and George G. Robertson,     Microsoft Research, One Microsoft Way, Redmond WA 98052. E-mail address: [e-mail], [e-mail]

ABSTRACT

Calendar applications for small handheld devices such as PDAs are growing in popularity. This led us to develop FishCal, a novel calendar interface for PDAs. It supports users in performing planning and analysis tasks by using a fisheye representation of dates coupled ...