Our MultiMedia Visual Information Seeking (MMVIS) environment is designed to support an exploratory approach to video analysis. Specialized subset, temporal, spatial, and motion dynamic query filters are tightly coupled with dynamic, user-customizable relationship visualizations to aid users in the discovery of data trends. Users can select two subsets (e.g., a subset of person PI talking events) and then browse various relationships between them (e.g., browsing for temporal relationships such as whether events of type A frequently start at the same time as events of type B), The visualization highlights the frequencies of both the subsets and the relationships between them. This allows users to discover various relationships and trends without having to explicitly pre-code them. In this demonstration, we will focus on temporal analysis aspects of the system, presenting our temporal visual query language, temporal visualization, and an application to real CSCW data.
{"title":"MMVIS: a multimedia visual information seeking environment for video analysis","authors":"S. Hibino, Elke A. Rundensteiner","doi":"10.1145/257089.257099","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/257089.257099","url":null,"abstract":"Our MultiMedia Visual Information Seeking (MMVIS) environment is designed to support an exploratory approach to video analysis. Specialized subset, temporal, spatial, and motion dynamic query filters are tightly coupled with dynamic, user-customizable relationship visualizations to aid users in the discovery of data trends. Users can select two subsets (e.g., a subset of person PI talking events) and then browse various relationships between them (e.g., browsing for temporal relationships such as whether events of type A frequently start at the same time as events of type B), The visualization highlights the frequencies of both the subsets and the relationships between them. This allows users to discover various relationships and trends without having to explicitly pre-code them. In this demonstration, we will focus on temporal analysis aspects of the system, presenting our temporal visual query language, temporal visualization, and an application to real CSCW data.","PeriodicalId":281135,"journal":{"name":"Conference Companion on Human Factors in Computing Systems","volume":"91 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124215037","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The design of a user environment for a video-on-demand service through an interdisciplinary style of collaboration called “concurrent engineering” is described. The process encompasses pre-prototype behavioral studies, traditional user studies, graphical design of interface objects, industrial design of input devices and interaction design of interface dialogue.
{"title":"Concurrent engineering for an interactive TV interface","authors":"I. Bretan, P. Kroon","doi":"10.1145/257089.257194","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/257089.257194","url":null,"abstract":"The design of a user environment for a video-on-demand service through an interdisciplinary style of collaboration called “concurrent engineering” is described. The process encompasses pre-prototype behavioral studies, traditional user studies, graphical design of interface objects, industrial design of input devices and interaction design of interface dialogue.","PeriodicalId":281135,"journal":{"name":"Conference Companion on Human Factors in Computing Systems","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122120116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This paper proposes “temporal typography” as an area of study which incorporates the dynamic visual treatment of text as an extension of written language. Design examples presented in the video show the expressive power of timevarying typographic form to convey emotion and tones of voice. Several expressive examples are called out in this paper and discussed. As a part of our ongoing research, we have developed a scheme which allows for the description of typographic expressions that change dynamically over time. The examples were constructed using a software tool, exPress, along with a scripting language based on the scheme.
{"title":"Temporal typography: a proposal to enrich written expression","authors":"Y. Wong","doi":"10.1145/257089.257401","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/257089.257401","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes “temporal typography” as an area of study which incorporates the dynamic visual treatment of text as an extension of written language. Design examples presented in the video show the expressive power of timevarying typographic form to convey emotion and tones of voice. Several expressive examples are called out in this paper and discussed. As a part of our ongoing research, we have developed a scheme which allows for the description of typographic expressions that change dynamically over time. The examples were constructed using a software tool, exPress, along with a scripting language based on the scheme.","PeriodicalId":281135,"journal":{"name":"Conference Companion on Human Factors in Computing Systems","volume":"79 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123177794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Monk, J. Scholtz, W. Buxton, S. Bly, D. Frohlich, S. Whittaker
Hillsboro, The object of this panel is to identify criteria for effective groupware, That is, criteria that can be applied either to guide design or to help a purchaser select from alternative groupware applications. The criteria are expected to be generally applicable and so we take a broad definition of groupware. Panelists have been chosen with expertise in low bandwidth groupware such as email and PDAs as well as higher profile multi-media applications.
{"title":"Criteria for effective groupware","authors":"A. Monk, J. Scholtz, W. Buxton, S. Bly, D. Frohlich, S. Whittaker","doi":"10.1145/257089.257229","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/257089.257229","url":null,"abstract":"Hillsboro, The object of this panel is to identify criteria for effective groupware, That is, criteria that can be applied either to guide design or to help a purchaser select from alternative groupware applications. The criteria are expected to be generally applicable and so we take a broad definition of groupware. Panelists have been chosen with expertise in low bandwidth groupware such as email and PDAs as well as higher profile multi-media applications.","PeriodicalId":281135,"journal":{"name":"Conference Companion on Human Factors in Computing Systems","volume":"201 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134162009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A study measured the time experienced Macintosh users took to create a graph from pre-existing daa including the assignment of vtiables to axes in a dialog box. The study revealed that the task took less time when the items in the dialog box were labeled in terms of one problem representation, even when the instructions were written in terms of another. The Kitajima and Poison model explains this as resulting from the problem representation being elaborated with task-speeific schemata during the instruction comprehension process.
{"title":"Task elaboration or label following: an empirical study of representation in human-computer interaction","authors":"R. B. Terwilliger, P. Polson","doi":"10.1145/257089.257280","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/257089.257280","url":null,"abstract":"A study measured the time experienced Macintosh users took to create a graph from pre-existing daa including the assignment of vtiables to axes in a dialog box. The study revealed that the task took less time when the items in the dialog box were labeled in terms of one problem representation, even when the instructions were written in terms of another. The Kitajima and Poison model explains this as resulting from the problem representation being elaborated with task-speeific schemata during the instruction comprehension process.","PeriodicalId":281135,"journal":{"name":"Conference Companion on Human Factors in Computing Systems","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131964339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This short paper presents the Group Elicitation Method (GEM), a brainwriting technique augmented by a decision support system for participatory design and usability testing. GEM has been successfully used in four industrial projects to elicit knowledge from users, management and designers. In particular, in three of them it was used to elicit end-users' knowledge for the design of new user interfaces. This short paper discusses the properties of such a method and the lessons learned.
{"title":"The group elicitation method for participatory design and usability testing","authors":"G. Boy","doi":"10.1145/245129.245132","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/245129.245132","url":null,"abstract":"This short paper presents the Group Elicitation Method (GEM), a brainwriting technique augmented by a decision support system for participatory design and usability testing. GEM has been successfully used in four industrial projects to elicit knowledge from users, management and designers. In particular, in three of them it was used to elicit end-users' knowledge for the design of new user interfaces. This short paper discusses the properties of such a method and the lessons learned.","PeriodicalId":281135,"journal":{"name":"Conference Companion on Human Factors in Computing Systems","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131563408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Kirschenbaum, Wayne D. Gray, B. Ehret, Sheryl L. Miller
How much time the user spends working on a task versus fiddling with the tool is an important aspect of usability. The concept of the ratio and distribution of tool-only operations to total operations is proposed to capture this aspect.
{"title":"When using the tool interferes with doing the task","authors":"S. Kirschenbaum, Wayne D. Gray, B. Ehret, Sheryl L. Miller","doi":"10.1145/257089.257281","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/257089.257281","url":null,"abstract":"How much time the user spends working on a task versus fiddling with the tool is an important aspect of usability. The concept of the ratio and distribution of tool-only operations to total operations is proposed to capture this aspect.","PeriodicalId":281135,"journal":{"name":"Conference Companion on Human Factors in Computing Systems","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134114281","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The basic rationale of my Ph.D. thesis is to enhance and simplify interaction with an interactive 3D graphical system. To relieve users from technical detail and allow them to communicate with the system in an intuitive and human-like manner, I am investigating three main aspects: adaptation to user preferences, multimodal input, and open and underspecified input. I use agent-based techniques to approach my solutions.
{"title":"Interface agents for interacting with virtual environments","authors":"Britta Lenzmann","doi":"10.1145/257089.257133","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/257089.257133","url":null,"abstract":"The basic rationale of my Ph.D. thesis is to enhance and simplify interaction with an interactive 3D graphical system. To relieve users from technical detail and allow them to communicate with the system in an intuitive and human-like manner, I am investigating three main aspects: adaptation to user preferences, multimodal input, and open and underspecified input. I use agent-based techniques to approach my solutions.","PeriodicalId":281135,"journal":{"name":"Conference Companion on Human Factors in Computing Systems","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132096724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ABSTR4CT The promises of emerging technologies, strong financial pressures, and infrastructure demands have created a growing need for technology expertise in local schools, governments and community organizations. It follows that there has never been a better time for technical professionals to help. Assistance can be offered in areas of technology planning, training, system management and support of fnndraising activities. An illustrative example of a community-based technology foundation will be described.
{"title":"Community volunteers—getting involved locally","authors":"D. Millen, Patricia A. Young, P. F. Sennewald","doi":"10.1145/257089.257206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/257089.257206","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTR4CT The promises of emerging technologies, strong financial pressures, and infrastructure demands have created a growing need for technology expertise in local schools, governments and community organizations. It follows that there has never been a better time for technical professionals to help. Assistance can be offered in areas of technology planning, training, system management and support of fnndraising activities. An illustrative example of a community-based technology foundation will be described.","PeriodicalId":281135,"journal":{"name":"Conference Companion on Human Factors in Computing Systems","volume":"210 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115539937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Producing high-quality, comprehensible human interfaces is a difficult, labor-intensive process that requires experience and judgment. In this paper, we describe an approach to assisting this process by using explicit models of the user’s task to drive the interface design and to serve as a functional component of the interface itself. The task model helps to ensure that the resulting interface directly and transpru-ently supports the user in performing his task, and serves as a scaffolding for providing in-context help and advice. By crafting a library of standardized, reusable tasks and interface constructs, we believe it is possible to capture some of the design expertise and to amortize much of the labor required for building effective user interfaces.
{"title":"An interface design tool based on explicit task models","authors":"T. Hinrichs, R. Bareiss, L. Birnbaum, G. Collins","doi":"10.1145/257089.257316","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/257089.257316","url":null,"abstract":"Producing high-quality, comprehensible human interfaces is a difficult, labor-intensive process that requires experience and judgment. In this paper, we describe an approach to assisting this process by using explicit models of the user’s task to drive the interface design and to serve as a functional component of the interface itself. The task model helps to ensure that the resulting interface directly and transpru-ently supports the user in performing his task, and serves as a scaffolding for providing in-context help and advice. By crafting a library of standardized, reusable tasks and interface constructs, we believe it is possible to capture some of the design expertise and to amortize much of the labor required for building effective user interfaces.","PeriodicalId":281135,"journal":{"name":"Conference Companion on Human Factors in Computing Systems","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116684453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}