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The experiment involved two pieces of software. Both presented an image sequence and provided mechanisms to navigate it. One of them was an implementation of a detail-in-context technique. In the other implementation, thumbnails were used to select images for magnification.

The Detail-in-Context Implementation
Detail-in-context techniques display information on multiple magnification levels. In this example, selected images are displayed at high magnification factors. To provide contextual information, unselected images remain around the selected ones at lower magnification factors.

The Thumbnail Implementation
This is a screen shot of the thumbnail implementation. The thumbnail bar on the right side of the screen displays small versions of the images. Clicking on an image causes it to be magnified in the large display area to the left of the bar. Four successive images are displayed in that area by default but different layouts can be chosen by clicking on the buttons at the top left corner of the screen.

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