29-08-2017, 01:10 PM
Cloud tags have proliferated on the web for the past decade. They provide a visual summary of a collection of texts by displaying the frequency of the label by the size of the font. In use, tag clouds can evolve as the data source associated with time changes. Interesting discussions around tag clouds often include a series of tag clouds and see how they evolve over time. However, since tag clouds do not explicitly represent trends or support comparisons, the cognitive demands placed on the individual to perceive trends in multiple tag clouds are high.