Elastic Windows: Evaluation of Multi-Window Operations

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dc.contributor.authorKandogan, Eseren_US
dc.contributor.authorShneiderman, Benen_US
dc.date.accessioned2004-05-31T21:06:08Z
dc.date.available2004-05-31T21:06:08Z
dc.date.created1996-10en_US
dc.date.issued1998-10-15en_US
dc.description.abstractMost windowing systems follow the independent overlapping windows approach, which emerged as an answer to the needs of the 1980s' technology. Due to advances in computers and display technology, and increased information needs, modern users demand more functionality from window management systems. We proposed Elastic Windows with improved spatial layout and rapid multi-window operations as an alternative to current window management strategies for efficient personal role management [kandogan]. In this approach, multi-window operations are achieved by issuing operations on window groups hierarchically organized in a space-filling tiled layout. This paper describes the Elastic Windows interface briefly and then presents a study comparing user performance with Elastic Windows and traditional window management techniques for 2, 6, and 12 window situations. Elastic Windows users had statistically significantly faster performance for all 6 and 12 window situations, for task environment setup, task environment switching, and task execution. These results suggest promising possibilities for multiple window operations and hierarchical nesting, which can be applied to the next generation of tiled as well as overlapped window managers.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/472
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtTech Reports in Computer Science and Engineeringen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtComputer Science Department Technical Reportsen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesUM Computer Science Department; CS-TR-3695en_US
dc.titleElastic Windows: Evaluation of Multi-Window Operationsen_US
dc.typeTechnical Reporten_US

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