Look at some of the ZUI work done at HCIL
<http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/piccolo/>

more examples and toolkits here
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zooming_User_Interface>

On Feb 7, 2008 4:23 PM, Brandon E. B. Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Say you've got a horizontal graphic. This graphic is very short
> (height) and very wide (width) - like a DNA sequence, or something
> (see http://www.brandonebward.com/sample/band_whole.jpg)
>
> I want to be able to view this band with much more clarity - say twice
> as tall and zoomed in 100% as I mouse over the band (see 
> http://www.brandonebward.com/sample/band_part.jpg)
> .
>
> Can you suggest ways I could show this enlarged portion?
>
> Ideas I've had so far:
>
> Magnifying glass on roll-over (ala iPhone text magnifying)
> Swelling on roll-over (ala OS X dock)
> User clicks and drags to select a region and that enlarged region
> fills the space of the original whole (ala zooming w/ mag tool in
> Photoshop)
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