Push-and-pull switching: window switching based on window overlapping

We propose Push-and-Pull Switching, a window switching technique using window overlapping to implicitly define groups. Push-and-Pull Switching enables switching between groups and restacking the focused window to any position to change its group membership. The technique was evaluated in an experiment which found that Push-and-Pull Switching improves switching performance by more than 50% compared to other switching techniques in different scenarios. A longitudinal user study indicates that participants invoked this switching technique 15% of the time on single monitor displays and that they found it easy to understand and use. Author Keywords Window management, window switching, overlapping. ACM Classification Keywords H5.2 [Information interfaces and presentation]: User Interfaces. - Graphical user interfaces. General Terms Design, Performance.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2010
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Quan Xu, Géry Casiez
• Keywords: CHI 2010, Human Computer Interaction, Push-and-Pull Switching, Switching Technique, Window Switching Technique