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revision 1.117 by tjl, Mon Mar 31 17:03:48 2003 UTC revision 1.118 by benja, Mon Mar 31 17:10:19 2003 UTC
# Line 181  have similar appearances. Line 181  have similar appearances.
181  % similar but distinct objects distinguishable and easily recognizable.  % similar but distinct objects distinguishable and easily recognizable.
182    
183  In this article, we introduce the use of procedurally generated unique backgrounds  In this article, we introduce the use of procedurally generated unique backgrounds
184  as a visualization of document identity: if each document has  as a visualization of document identity. In our approach, each document has
185  a different, easily distinguishable background texture,  a different, easily distinguishable background texture.
186  the user can become aware of the identity  The user can thus identify a displayed item at a glance,
187  of a displayed item at a glance,  even if only a {\em fragment} of the item is shown,
188  just by seeing  without reading the title (which might the fragment may not even show).
189  any {\em fragment} of the item,  
190  without explicitly reading the title which might not even be visible.  % benja: the following is waffle-- the above leads one
191  This property is vital  % to believe it is *the* motivation, saying that it is
192  for our example application discussed in Section~\ref{secbuoyoing} and is in fact  % 'one of the prime motivators' only makes the statement weaker.
193  one of the prime motivators for this work.  
194    % This property is vital
195    % for our example application discussed in Section~\ref{secbuoyoing} and is in fact
196    % one of the prime motivators for this work.
197    
198    
199  % as a navigation aid in focus+context views.  % as a navigation aid in focus+context views.
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216  In the following sections,  In the following sections,
217  we first review related work on texturing.  we first review related work on texturing.
218  Next, we discuss the example user interface  Next, we discuss an example user interface
219  user interface to a hypertext structure.  to a hypertext structure.
220  Then, we formulate general principles for designing  Then, we formulate general principles for designing
221  recognizable backgrounds\iftechreport, based on texture and image perception literature,\fi  recognizable backgrounds\iftechreport, based on texture and image perception literature,\fi
222  and present our hardware-accelerated implementation.  and present our hardware-accelerated implementation.

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