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CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
OpenMessenger: gradual initiation of interaction for distributed workgroups
The initiation of interaction in face-to-face environments is a gradual process, and takes place in a rich information landscape of awareness, attention, and social signals. One o...
Jeremy P. Birnholtz, Carl Gutwin, Gonzalo Ramos, M...
CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Sigma lenses: focus-context transitions combining space, time and translucence
Focus + context techniques such as fisheye lenses are used to navigate and manipulate objects in multi-scale worlds. They provide in-place magnification of a region without requir...
Emmanuel Pietriga, Caroline Appert
CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Predicting postcompletion errors using eye movements
A postcompletion error is a distinct type of procedural error where one fails to complete the final step of a task. While redesigning interfaces and providing explicit cues have b...
Raj M. Ratwani, J. Malcolm McCurry, J. Gregory Tra...
CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Lean and zoom: proximity-aware user interface and content magnification
The size and resolution of computer displays has increased dramatically, allowing more information than ever to be rendered on-screen. However, items can now be so small or screen...
Chris Harrison, Anind K. Dey
CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Target acquisition with camera phones when used as magic lenses
When camera phones are used as magic lenses in handheld augmented reality applications involving wall maps or posters, pointing can be divided into two phases: (1) an initial coar...
Michael Rohs, Antti Oulasvirta
CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Requirements engineering for home care technology
The focus of this work is the requirements engineering process in the home care domain. The overall aim is to design and document a flexible methodology to facilitate the elicitat...
Marilyn Rose McGee-Lennon
CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Evaluating tactile feedback and direct vs. indirect stylus input in pointing and crossing selection tasks
We present a pair of experiments that explore the effects of tactile-feedback and direct vs. indirect pen input on pointing and crossing selection tasks. While previous work has d...
Clifton Forlines, Ravin Balakrishnan
CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Activity-based prototyping of ubicomp applications for long-lived, everyday human activities
We designed an activity-based prototyping process realized in the ActivityDesigner system that combines the theoretical framework of Activity-Centered Design with traditional iter...
Yang Li, James A. Landay
CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Communication chains and multitasking
There is a growing literature on managing multitasking and interruptions in the workplace. In an ethnographic study, we investigated the phenomenon of communication chains, the oc...
Norman Makoto Su, Gloria Mark
CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Increasing the utility of quantitative empirical studies for meta-analysis
Despite the long history and consistent use of quantitative empirical methods to evaluate information visualization techniques and systems, our understanding of interface use rema...
Heidi Lam, Tamara Munzner