Elastic Windows: Improved Spatial Layout and Rapid Multiple Window Operations

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dc.contributor.authorKandogan, Eseren_US
dc.contributor.authorShneiderman, B.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentISRen_US
dc.date.accessioned2007-05-23T09:59:46Z
dc.date.available2007-05-23T09:59:46Z
dc.date.issued1995en_US
dc.description.abstractMost windowing systems follow the independent overlapping windows approach, which emerged as an answer to the needs of the 0s applications and technology. Advances in computers, display technology, and the applications demand more functionality from window management systems. Based on these changes and the problems of current windowing approaches, we have updated the requirements for multi-window systems to guide new methods of window management. We propose elastic windows with improved spatial layout and rapid multi-window operations. Multi-window operations are achieved by issuing operations on a hierarchically organized group of windows in a space-filling tiled layout. Sophisticated multi-window operations like Hook, Pump, Minimize, Restore, Move and Relocate have been developed to handle fast task-switching and to structure the work environment of users to their rapidly changing needs. We claim that these multi-window operations and the tiled layout decrease the cognitive load on users. Users found our prototype system to be comprehensible and enjoyable as they playfully explored the way multiple windows are reshaped.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/5671
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesISR; TR 1995-89en_US
dc.subjecthuman-computer interactionen_US
dc.subjectwindow manageren_US
dc.subjectCADen_US
dc.subjecttask switchingen_US
dc.subjectmulti-window operationsen_US
dc.subjectpersonal role manageren_US
dc.subjectprogramming environmenten_US
dc.subjectnavigation problemen_US
dc.subjectSystems Integration Methodologyen_US
dc.titleElastic Windows: Improved Spatial Layout and Rapid Multiple Window Operationsen_US
dc.typeTechnical Reporten_US

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