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CHI
2006
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
"Alone together?": exploring the social dynamics of massively multiplayer online games
Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs) routinely attract millions of players but little empirical data is available to assess their players' social experiences. In this p...
Nicolas Ducheneaut, Nicholas Yee, Eric Nickell, Ro...
CHI
2006
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Insert movie reference here: a system to bridge conversation and item-oriented web sites
Item-oriented Web sites maintain repositories of information about things such as books, games, or products. Many of these Web sites offer discussion forums. However, these forums...
Sara Drenner, F. Maxwell Harper, Dan Frankowski, J...
CHI
2006
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Implications for design
Although ethnography has become a common approach in HCI research and design, considerable confusion still attends both ethnographic practice and the criteria by which it should b...
Paul Dourish
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CHI
2006
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Visual search and reading tasks using ClearType and regular displays: two experiments
Two experiments comparing user performance on ClearType and Regular displays are reported. In the first, 26 participants scanned a series of spreadsheets for target information. S...
Andrew Dillon, Lisa Kleinman, Gil Ok Choi, Randolp...
CHI
2006
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Why phishing works
To build systems shielding users from fraudulent (or phishing) websites, designers need to know which attack strategies work and why. This paper provides the first empirical evide...
Rachna Dhamija, J. D. Tygar, Marti A. Hearst
CHI
2006
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Desperately seeking simplicity: how young adults with cognitive disabilities and their families adopt assistive technologies
A surprisingly high percentage of assistive technology devices (35% or more) are purchased, but not successfully adopted. Through semi-structured interviews with a dozen families,...
Melissa Dawe
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CHI
2006
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Fast, flexible filtering with phlat
Systems for fast search of personal information are rapidly becoming ubiquitous. Such systems promise to dramatically improve personal information management, yet most are modeled...
Edward Cutrell, Daniel C. Robbins, Susan T. Dumais...
CHI
2006
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Interaction in creative tasks
The design of tools for creative activities affects the creative processes and output of users. In this paper we consider how an understanding of creative interaction can inform t...
Tim Coughlan, Peter Johnson
CHI
2006
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Using intelligent task routing and contribution review to help communities build artifacts of lasting value
Many online communities are emerging that, like Wikipedia, bring people together to build community-maintained artifacts of lasting value (CALVs). Motivating people to contribute ...
Dan Cosley, Dan Frankowski, Loren G. Terveen, John...
CHI
2006
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Design requirements for technologies that encourage physical activity
Overweight and obesity are a global epidemic, with over one billion overweight adults worldwide (300+ million of whom are obese). Obesity is linked to several serious health probl...
Sunny Consolvo, Katherine Everitt, Ian E. Smith, J...