A USABILITY STUDY OF AWARENESS WIDGETS IN A SHARED WORKSPACE GROUPWARE SYSTEM

dc.contributor.authorGutwin, C.eng
dc.contributor.authorRoseman, M.eng
dc.contributor.authorGreenberg, S.eng
dc.date.accessioned2008-02-27T22:11:47Z
dc.date.available2008-02-27T22:11:47Z
dc.date.computerscience1999-05-27eng
dc.date.issued1996-03-01eng
dc.description.abstractWorkspace awareness is knowledge about others' interaction with a shared workspace. Groupware systems provide only limited information about other participants, often compromising workspace awareness. This paper describes a usability study of several widgets designed to help maintain awareness in a groupware workspace. These widgets include a miniature view, a radar view, a multiuser scrollbar, and a "what you see is what I do" view. The study examined the widgets' information content, how easily people could interpret them, and whether they were useful or distracting. Experimenter observations, subject questionnaires, and interviews indicate that the miniature and radar displays are useful and valuable for tasks involving spatial manipulation of artifacts.eng
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dc.identifier.department1996-585-05eng
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/30648
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/45962
dc.language.isoEngeng
dc.publisher.corporateUniversity of Calgaryeng
dc.publisher.facultyScienceeng
dc.subjectComputer Scienceeng
dc.titleA USABILITY STUDY OF AWARENESS WIDGETS IN A SHARED WORKSPACE GROUPWARE SYSTEMeng
dc.typeunknown
thesis.degree.disciplineComputer Scienceeng
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