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Avoiding Interference Through Translucent Interface Components in Single Display Groupware

Avoiding Interference Through Translucent Interface Components in Single Display Groupware. Ana Zanella & Saul Greenberg University of Calgary. The message. Translucent interface components can be used in Single Display Groupware to help minimize interference among users. co-located

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Avoiding Interference Through Translucent Interface Components in Single Display Groupware

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  1. Avoiding Interference Through Translucent Interface Components in Single Display Groupware Ana Zanella & Saul Greenberg University of Calgary

  2. The message • Translucent interface components can be used in Single Display Groupware to help minimize interference among users.

  3. co-located shared display multiple input devices SDG Configurations

  4. Interference

  5. Interference

  6. Minimizing Interference • Translucent widgets: popup menus Translucent Opaque

  7. Research Question • Can people in Single Display Groupware effectively use translucent interface components in high interference situations?

  8. User Study • SDG “connect the dots” game • Player • Interferer • Solo • Opaque • Translucent

  9. User Study • Users’ satisfaction 1 sets … … … … 8

  10. Results - Users’ Satisfaction • How do the translucent menus affect your task compared to opaque menus ? Player

  11. Results - Users’ Satisfaction • How do the translucent menus affect your task compared to opaque menus ? Interferer

  12. Results – Average Times • Solo < Translucent < Opaque

  13. Results - Overlapping Overlapping No overlapping

  14. Conclusion • Translucent interface components can be used in Single Display Groupware to help minimize interference among users. • People like them • People perform faster • Full paper in ECSCW http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/grouplab/papers/

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