More Data, More Ways

Several other projects dealt with finding information. Fishnet, for example, involved navigating Web pages on large displays. Researcher Patrick Baudisch said the project concentrates on giving you a "fisheye view" of information, allowing you to see an entire Web page by compressing content above and below the area you're focusing on.

He also showed a very useful volume control utility designed to unify all the various sound-level controls on a typical PC. This could address the frustration a Windows user faces when trying to change the volume in one application, not realizing that the sound is muted somewhere else.