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CHI
2002
ACM
14 years 9 months ago
User activity histories
Current software interfaces fail to incorporate historical data from user interaction into their design. While some systems exhibit a minimalist use of history in the form of undo...
Etienne Pelaprat, R. Benjamin Shapiro
CHI
2002
ACM
14 years 9 months ago
Passive acoustic knock tracking for interactive windows
We describe a novel interface that locates and characterizes knocks and taps atop a large glass window. Our current setup uses four contact piezoelectric pickups located near the ...
Joseph A. Paradiso, Che King Leo, Nisha Checka, Ka...
CHI
2002
ACM
14 years 9 months ago
The impact of human-centered features on the usability of a programming system for children
HANDS is a new programming system for children that was designed for usability. This paper examines the effectiveness of three features of HANDS: queries, aggregate operations, an...
John F. Pane, Brad A. Myers
CHI
2002
ACM
14 years 9 months ago
Evaluating look-to-talk: a gaze-aware interface in a collaborative environment
We present "look-to-talk", a gaze-aware interface for directing a spoken utterance to a software agent in a multiuser collaborative environment. Through a prototype and ...
Alice Oh, Harold Fox, Max Van Kleek, Aaron Adler, ...
CHI
2002
ACM
14 years 9 months ago
A musical instrument for facilitating musical expressions
In this paper, we propose a new musical instrument that allows people to concentrate on controlling indiscrete elements so that they can directly create their musical expressions....
Kazushi Nishimoto, Chika Oshima, Yohei Miyagawa, T...
CHI
2002
ACM
14 years 9 months ago
Informing automatic generation of remote control interfaces with human designs
Embedded processors are making it possible for common appliances, such as cable boxes, microwaves and fax machines, to provide even more functionality. Unfortunately, as these app...
Jeffrey Nichols
CHI
2002
ACM
14 years 9 months ago
Email archive overviews using subject indexes
Archived discussion lists are becoming significant reference sources. This paper describes a new type of overview for such lists, using a back-of-the-book style index containing h...
Paula S. Newman
CHI
2002
ACM
14 years 9 months ago
Towards time design: pacing of hypertext navigation by system response times
Two experiments investigated the effects of system response time (SRT) on hypertext navigation. Dependent variables were residence time, emotional strain and memory performance. A...
Herbert A. Meyer, Michael Hildebrandt
CHI
2002
ACM
14 years 9 months ago
Workshop: Creating and refining knowledges, identities, and understandings in on-line communities
This two-day workshop examines the ways that on-line communities create and refine their shared resources, including both the formal and observable artifacts (documents, chats, th...
Michael J. Muller, David R. Millen