TY - CONF T1 - Dynamic queries for information exploration: an implementation and evaluation T2 - Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems Y1 - 1992 A1 - Ahlberg,Christopher A1 - Williamson,Christopher A1 - Shneiderman, Ben AB - We designed, implemented and evaluated a new concept for direct manipulation of databases, called dynamic queries, that allows users to formulate queries with graphical widgets, such as sliders. By providing a graphical visualization of the database and search results, users can find trends and exceptions easily. Eighteen undergraduate chemistry students performed statistically significantly faster using a dynamic queries interface compared to two interfaces both providing form fill-in as input method, one with graphical visualization output and one with all-textual output. The interfaces were used to explore the periodic table of elements and search on their properties. JA - Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems T3 - CHI '92 PB - ACM CY - New York, NY, USA SN - 0-89791-513-5 UR - http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/142750.143054 M3 - 10.1145/142750.143054 ER -