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CHI
2002
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
Comparing voodoo dolls and HOMER: exploring the importance of feedback in virtual environments
When creating techniques for manipulating objects at a distance in immersive virtual environments, researchers have primarily focused on increasing selection range, placement rang...
Jeffrey S. Pierce, Randy F. Pausch
CHI
2002
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
Interacting at a distance: measuring the performance of laser pointers and other devices
It is difficult to interact with computer displays that are across the room. A popular approach is to use laser pointers tracked by a camera, but interaction techniques using lase...
Brad A. Myers, Rishi Bhatnagar, Jeffrey Nichols, C...
CHI
2002
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
Design as a minority discipline in a software company: toward requirements for a community of practice
This paper provides a description of designers' work practices in a software company. We describe a participatory analysis of the diversity of working relations and roles of ...
Michael J. Muller, Kenneth Carey
CHI
2002
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
Physical programming: designing tools for children to create physical interactive environments
Physical interactive environments can come in many forms: museum installations, amusement parks, experimental theaters, and more. Programming these environments has historically b...
Jaime Montemayor, Allison Druin, Allison Farber, S...
CHI
2002
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
Acquisition of expanding targets
There exist several user interface widgets that dynamically grow in size in response to the user's focus of attention. Some of these, such as icons in toolbars, expand to fac...
Michael J. McGuffin, Ravin Balakrishnan
CHI
2002
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
An evaluation of a multiple interface design solution for bloated software
This study examines a novel interface design for heavilyfeatured productivity software. The design includes two interfaces between which the user can easily toggle: (1) an interfa...
Joanna McGrenere, Ronald Baecker, Kellogg S. Booth
CHI
2002
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
Applying patterns of cooperative interaction to work (re)design: e-government and planning
This paper presents patterns of cooperative interaction derived from ethnographic studies of cooperative work as devices for generalisation, re-use and design. These patterns cons...
David Martin, Mark Rouncefield, Ian Sommerville
CHI
2002
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
A visual language for sketching large and complex interactive designs
Informal, sketch-based design tools closely match the work practices of user interface designers. Current tools, however, are limited in the size and complexity of interaction tha...
James Lin, Michael Thomsen, James A. Landay
CHI
2002
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
Where do web sites come from?: capturing and interacting with design history
To form a deep understanding of the present; we need to find and engage history. We present an informal history capture and retrieval mechanism for collaborative, earlystage infor...
Scott R. Klemmer, Michael Thomsen, Ethan Phelps-Go...