Towards “Image Reflow” on the Web: Avoiding Excessive Panning of Magnified Images by Multiplexing Automatically Cropped Regions of Interest

Abstract

Low vision users are often faced with large images when increasing the browser zoom level. Large images extending beyond the viewport are difficult to view due to the excessive two-dimensional panning involved. This demo presents a mechanism that automatically splits, or “reflows”, images into regions of interest. The user cycles through the magnified regions of interest by clicking or tapping the images.