Issues about navigation of large photo collections have been the subject studied in a decade, and content browsing on mobile devices raise even more difficult navigation issues due to their physical characteristics. In this dissertation, we focus on portable devices to study navigation issues of large personal photo collections in 3 stages: visualization and interaction techniques for digital photo albums, organization of photo albums, and interface design on portable devices. Focusing on the problematic of InfoVis on mobile devices, we aim for a novel design proposal to provide integrated design as a perspective for future direction in research and industrial development.
Keyword: Personal photo albums, navigation, serendipity, unexpected discovery, categorization, interface design, interaction, causal infovis, mobile device, gesture, haptic manipulation.