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Text-Based On-Line Conferencing: A Conceptual and Empirical Analysis Using a Minimal Prototype.
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McCarthy, John C.; And Others – Human-Computer Interaction, 1993
Analyzes requirements for text-based online conferencing through the use of a minimal prototype. Topics discussed include prototyping with a minimal system; text-based communication; the system as a message passer versus the system as a shared data structure; and three exercises that showed how users worked with the prototype. (Contains 61…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer System Design, Literature Reviews, Online Systems
Design Principles for Multi-Window Online Information Systems: Conclusions from Research, Applications, and Experience.
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Nichols, Michelle Corbin; Berry, Robert R. – Technical Communication: Journal of the Society for Technical Communication, 1996
Discusses how the use of multiple windows affects online information design by examining key concepts and presenting a set of design principles based on research and the authors' experience designing online information. (TB)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design, Computers
A Mechanism for Multimodal Presentation Planning Based on Agent Cooperation and Negotiation.
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Han, Yi; Zukerman, Ingrid – Human-Computer Interaction, 1997
Introduces a multiagent architecture based on the blackboard system that enables different processes that perform multimodal presentation planning to communicate with each other. Describes a constraint propagation mechanism that transfers plan constraints from one level of the presentation planning process to the next. Discusses the cooperation…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Interfaces, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer System Design