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| SequoiaView Visualizes Disk Space With Color Shades |
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posted by Editor on Wednesday August 28, @05:55PM
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SequoiaView is a visual disk browsing tool that represents disk space consumption with treemaps. Its use of hierarchically nested boxes is similar to that of other 2D file system visualizers, such as DiskMapper and Treemap97, as well as data visualization tools such as Smart Money's Map Of The Stock Market. The difference is that SequoiaView uses "cushion treemaps", which add shaded ridges every time a rectangle is subdivided (this paper describes the technique in detail). The result is a pattern of hierarchical "cushions" that show the structure of directories and files. The user can set the height of the ridges, using lower ridges for deeper nested levels, and offering a choice between displaying global information, i.e. high-level directories, or detailed information, such as individual files. Users can define different color schemes to facilitate identification of certain file types, or load a preconfigured color scheme. The result produces some strange pictures (see screenshots), some of which might be considered art. The program can be downloaded for free and runs on Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP.
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