Visual Clutter

Definition

• Clutter is the state in which excess items, or their representation or organization, lead to a degradation of performance at some task. [1]

• Clutter may refer to any of the following: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clutter
  • A confusing or disorderly state or collection; or the creation thereof. Excessive, unnecessary or uncontrolled clutter in a home or office is a sign of compulsive hoarding.
  • Cluttering, a communication disorder
  • The Clutter family, whose murder was documented in the Truman Capote "nonfiction novel" In Cold Blood
  • A type of light pollution
  • Unwanted echoes in electronic systems, particularly in refference to radars. Such echoes are typically returned from ground, sea, rain, animals, chaff and atmospheric turbulences.
  • The jumble of odd posts placed in the first Top Level Post of a User Friendly member's diary by the Cluttersquad