InterLink: Linking Text with Code and Output in Computational Notebooks

要旨

Computational notebooks, widely used for ad-hoc analysis and often shared with others, can be difficult to understand because the standard linear layout is not optimized for reading. In particular, related text, code, and outputs may be spread across the UI making it difficult to draw connections. In response, we introduce InterLink, a plugin designed to present the relationships between text, code, and outputs, thereby making notebooks easier to understand. In a formative study, we identify pain points and derive design requirements for identifying and navigating relationships among various pieces of information within notebooks. Based on these requirements, InterLink features a new layout that separates text from code and outputs into two columns. It uses visual links to signal relationships between text and associated code and outputs and offers interactions for navigating related pieces of information. In a user study with 12 participants, those using InterLink were 13.6% more accurate at finding and integrating information from complex analyses in computational notebooks. These results show the potential of notebook layouts that make them easier to understand.

著者
Yanna Lin
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
Leni Yang
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
Haotian Li
Microsoft Research Asia, Hong Kong, China
Huamin Qu
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
Dominik Moritz
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
DOI

10.1145/3706598.3714104

論文URL

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3706598.3714104

動画

会議: CHI 2025

The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (https://chi2025.acm.org/)

セッション: Advances in Programming and Software Development

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