Persistence of conversations has been found to be a useful feature in group chat tools. When conversations are stored and made accessible to all members of a group, they can facil...
Although the archive of text generated by a persistent conversation (i.e. newsgroup, mailing list, recorded chat, etc.) is searchable, it is not very expressive of the underlying ...
Judith S. Donath, Karrie Karahalios, Fernanda B. V...
Loops is a text-based computer mediated communication system aimed at small- to medium-sized corporate work groups. We begin by discussing the goals of the system and the rational...
Thomas Erickson, Wendy A. Kellogg, Mark Laff, Jere...
We report an empirical study of a synchronous messaging application with group-oriented functionality designed to support teams in the workplace. In particular, the tool supports ...
Conversations between colleagues in collaborative
software engineering are important for coordinating work,
sharing knowledge and creating knowledge. Overhearing con-
versations...
Virtual Open Conversation Spaces: Towards Improved...