Timeline Localization

Abstract

The research findings provide evidence that time-oriented data visualizations can contribute to faster information processing, better understanding and improved recall. Thus, they are used in many application domains-medicine, law enforcement, traffic and navigation control to name but a few. Simultaneously, human's time perception varies depending inter alia on culture, language, personal experience and situational factors. Although, the differences caused by the aforementioned aspects were acknowledged and addressed in the Human Computer Interaction (HCI) field for decades their impact on time-oriented data visualizations was largely neglected. To fill this gap, we investigate the influence of time spatializations (organization of time along axes) on the response time and accuracy of inferences based on time-oriented data visualizations. Moreover, we examine users' preferences toward different time arrangements. Our findings show that user-adapted organization of time along axes can speed up the decision-making process and increase the user experience.

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“…Timelines, which are adaptable and resilient temporal boundary objects, visually represent time by encapsulating key narrative elements, such as a beginning, middle, and end [49]. Timelines enable enhanced information processing, discovery, and comprehension among project team members [50]. Further, a timeline can help overcome the difficulty of reasoning about idea implementation or hypothesised effects [51] and can help shape awareness of temporalities in general [42].…”