A view of a data object is an association of the data object with a program that processes or displays the object, for example a text file associated with a text editor. The example given for multiple views is a program object associated with a text editor, a debugger, a compiler, a printer, and its object file. A multidimensional icon for an object is represented as a cube with views of the object represented as simple icons on the front, sides, top, and bottom of the cube. In addition to other movements of icons, the cube shape can be rotated to expose a 45 degree view of its sides, top, or bottom. Such an icon is seen as more compact than such other representations as a menu of the object views.
Multidimensional icons seem to be novel, intuitive to use, and appealing.
No results were available to document how people use and respond to such icons. This paper is clear and informative. The Digital Library is published by the Association for Computing Machinery.