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A task-focused approach to support sharing and interruption recovery in web browsers

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Mohan Raj Rajamanickam,

Russell MacKenzie,

Billy Lam,

Tao SuAuthors Info & Claims

CHI EA '10: CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 4345 - 4350

https://doi.org/10.1145/1753846.1754151

Published: 10 April 2010 Publication History

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Over the last two decades a vast number of services have moved online, and many new services have been created. Previous work shows that many users are overloaded by the number of webpages they use simultaneously. We introduce TabFour, a prototype web browser which integrates three features that address the design requirements identified in an initial design study. Webpages can be grouped into tasks, providing a unified target for resumption after an interruption. Tasks and pages can be annotated, supporting resumption after longer intervals. Finally, tasks can be shared through a simple yet novel web-service, allowing users to share groups of webpages more easily than with existing tools.

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A task-focused approach to support sharing and interruption recovery in web browsers
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
      1. Graphical user interfaces
  2. Interaction design
    1. Interaction design process and methods
      1. Interface design prototyping
      2. User centered design
2. Information systems
  1. Information retrieval
    1. Information retrieval query processing

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CHI EA '10: CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

April 2010

2219 pages

ISBN:9781605589305

DOI:10.1145/1753846

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Georgia Institute of Technology
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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3526113.3545693
Kulkarni MKapoor KMadala DBansal SHangal SRangaswamy NLoganathan RTiwari ALoganathan R(2019)Compartmentalizing web browsing with SailboatProceedings of the 10th Indian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/3364183.3364187(1-8)Online publication date: 1-Nov-2019
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3364183.3364187
Hanrahan BAhuja APérez-Quiñones M(2015)Contextinator: Addressing Information Fragmentation with a Web-Based Project ManagerWeb Information Systems and Technologies10.1007/978-3-319-27030-2_12(179-194)Online publication date: 16-Dec-2015
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