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CHI
2006
ACM
15 years 25 days ago
UNIFORM: automatically generating consistent remote control user interfaces
A problem with many of today's appliance interfaces is that they are inconsistent. For example, the procedure for setting the time on alarm clocks and VCRs differs, even amon...
Jeffrey Nichols, Brad A. Myers, Brandon Rothrock
CHI
2006
ACM
15 years 25 days ago
"LINC-ing" the family: the participatory design of an inkable family calendar
Families must continually organize, plan, and stay aware of the activities of their households in order to coordinate everyday life. Despite having organization schemes, many peop...
Carman Neustaedter, A. J. Bernheim Brush
CHI
2006
ACM
15 years 25 days ago
An evaluation of pan & zoom and rubber sheet navigation with and without an overview
We present a study that evaluates conventional Pan and Zoom Navigation and Rubber Sheet Navigation, a rectilinear Focus+Context technique. Each of the two navigation techniques wa...
Dmitry Nekrasovski, Adam Bodnar, Joanna McGrenere,...
CHI
2006
ACM
15 years 25 days ago
Answering why and why not questions in user interfaces
Modern applications such as Microsoft Word have many automatic features and hidden dependencies that are frequently helpful but can be mysterious to both novice and expert users. ...
Brad A. Myers, David A. Weitzman, Andrew Jensen Ko...
CHI
2006
ACM
15 years 25 days ago
The effect of speech recognition accuracy rates on the usefulness and usability of webcast archives
The widespread availability of broadband connections has led to an increase in the use of Internet broadcasting (webcasting). Most webcasts are archived and accessed numerous time...
Cosmin Munteanu, Ronald Baecker, Gerald Penn, Elai...
CHI
2006
ACM
15 years 25 days ago
TeamTag: exploring centralized versus replicated controls for co-located tabletop groupware
We explore how the placement of control widgets (such as menus) affects collaboration and usability for co-located tabletop groupware applications. We evaluated two design alterna...
Meredith Ringel Morris, Andreas Paepcke, Terry Win...
CHI
2006
ACM
15 years 25 days ago
Cooperative gestures: multi-user gestural interactions for co-located groupware
Multi-user, touch-sensing input devices create opportunities for the use of cooperative gestures ? multi-user gestural interactions for single display groupware. Cooperative gestu...
Meredith Ringel Morris, Anqi Huang, Andreas Paepck...
CHI
2006
ACM
15 years 25 days ago
Embedded phenomena: supporting science learning with classroom-sized distributed simulations
`Embedded phenomena' is a learning technology framework in which simulated scientific phenomena are mapped onto the physical space of classrooms. Students monitor and control...
Tom Moher
CHI
2006
ACM
15 years 25 days ago
Using hybrid networks for the analysis of online software development communities
Social network-based systems usually suffer from two major limitations: they tend to rely on a single data source (e.g. email traffic), and the form of network patterns is often p...
Yevgeniy Eugene Medynskiy, Nicolas Ducheneaut, Aym...
CHI
2006
ACM
15 years 25 days ago
Clipping lists and change borders: improving multitasking efficiency with peripheral information design
Information workers often have to balance many tasks and interruptions. In this work, we explore peripheral display techniques that improve multitasking efficiency by helping user...
Tara Matthews, Mary Czerwinski, George G. Robertso...