Desney S. Tan
Brian Meyers
Mary Czerwinski
ABSTRACT
Each window on our computer desktop provides a view into some information. Although users can currently manipulate multiple windows, we assert that being able to spatially arrange smaller regions of these windows could help users perform certain tasks more efficiently. In this paper, we describe a novel interaction technique that allows users to replicate arbitrary regions of existing windows into independent windows called WinCuts. Each WinCut is a live view of a region of the source window with which users can interact. We also present an extension that allows users to share WinCuts across multiple devices. Next, we classify the set of tasks for which WinCuts may be useful, both in single as well as multiple device scenarios. We present high level implementation details so that other researchers can replicate this work. And finally, we discuss future work that we will pursue in extending these ideas.
- Bly, S.A., Rosenberg, J.K. (1986). A comparison of tiled and overlapping windows. CHI 1986, 101--106. Google Scholar
Digital Library
- Hutchings, D.G., Stasko, J. (2002). New operations for display space management and window management. Georgia Institute of Technology Technical Report GIT-GVU-02-18.Google Scholar
- Kandogan, E., Schneiderman, B. (1997). Elastic windows: Evaluation of multi-window operations. CHI 1997, 250--257. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Li, D., Li, R. (2002). Transparent sharing and interoperation of heterogeneous single-user applications. CSCW 2002, 246--255. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Myers, B.A. (1988). A taxonomy of window manager user interfaces. IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications, 8(5), 65--84. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Richardson, T., Quentin, S., Wood, K.R., Hopper, A. (1998). Virtual Network Computing. IEEE Internet Computing, 2(1), 33--38. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Smith, G., Baudisch, P., Robertson, G.G., Czerwinski, M., Meyers, B., Robbins, D., Horvitz, E., Andrews, D. (2003). Groupbar: The taskbar evolved. OZCHI 2003.Google Scholar
- Stille, S., Minocha, S., Ernst, R. (1997). An adaptive window management system. INTERACT 1997, 67--68. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Wickens, C.D., Carswell, C.M. (1995). The proximity compatibility principle: Its psychological foundation and relevance to display design. Human Factors, 37, 473--494.Google ScholarCross Ref
Index Terms
- WinCuts: manipulating arbitrary window regions for more effective use of screen space
Recommendations
Tangible Voting: A Technique for Interacting with Group Choices on a Tangible Tabletop
Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2015AbstractThe tangible tabletop has been exploited in many different application domains as one of the most popular setups of Tangible User Interfaces. Proposed interaction techniques are based on, for instance, direct manipulation, dual hand input, or ...
Exploring Boundless Scroll by Extending Motor Space
MobileHCI '15: Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and ServicesThis paper explores the Boundless Scroll interface that extends the motor space for finger drag motions into the off-screen space using a tracking system around the screen. Seamlessly extended motor spaces enable continuous scroll actions across the on- ...
Sinkpad: a malleable mouse pad consisted of an elastic material
CHI EA '13: CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing SystemsThe computer mouse has been used for more than 40 years; users, however, can only perform simple actions. To solve this problem, we present "Sinkpad", an augmented mouse pad that has a malleable surface consisted of an elastic material. Sinkpad augments ...
Comments