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\section{Experiences, evaluation} |
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\subsection{Text readability} |
\section{Overall appearance of the resulting textures} |
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It can be argued that |
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the backgrounds clutter the display |
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visually, making the user interface more confusing, |
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and reduce text readability. |
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Indeed, one of the most difficult aspects of the work was making the random |
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color selection produce acceptable results. |
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Text readability on the generated backgrounds depends |
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strongly on the text scale; making it easy for the user to zoom |
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fluidly in and out helps. |
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We have not tried to attain infinite zoomability\cite{furnas00infinity} |
We have not tried to attain infinite zoomability\cite{furnas00infinity} |
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with the current implementation, |
with the current implementation, |
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However, in the intended zooming range |
However, in the intended zooming range |
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the current system is quite satisfactory. |
the current system is quite satisfactory. |
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the backgrounds clutter the display |
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visually, making the user interface more confusing, |
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and reduce text readability. |
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Indeed, one of the most difficult aspects of this work was tuning the random |
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color selection to produce acceptable results. |
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Text readability on the generated backgrounds depends |
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strongly on the text scale; making it easy for the user to zoom |
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fluidly in and out helps. |
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% to different resolutions. |
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