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Avoiding Interference Through Translucent Interface Components in Single Display Groupware

Learn how translucent interface components can help reduce interference among users in single display groupware setups with shared displays and multiple input devices. Explore the research on the effectiveness of using translucent widgets like popup menus to improve user satisfaction and task performance in high interference settings.

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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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