2. Human-Computer Interaction Aside from

2. Human-Computer Interaction Aside from using icons and color highlighting , the main information visualization techniques include brushing and linking [eick95][tweedie94], panning and zooming [bederson96], focus-plus-context [leung94], magic lenses [bier94], and the use of animation to retain context and help make occluded information visible [robertson93][card91]. These techniques support dynamic, interactive use. Interactivity seems to be an especially important property for visualizing abstract information, although it has not played as large a role within scientific visualization.