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April 2007
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0-262-11304-X
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978-0-262-11304-5

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Beyond the Desktop Metaphor
Designing Integrated Digital Work Environments
Edited by Victor Kaptelinin and Mary Czerwinski
With contributions by H. Ross Baker, Jacob E. Bardman, Patrick Baudisch, Richard Boardman, Richard Boardman, Mary Czerwinski, Nicolas B. Duarte, Danyel Fisher, Eric Freeman, David Gelernter, Aydin Haririnia, Eric Horvitz, Victor Kaptelinin, David R. Karger, Dawn E. Klinesmith, Hannah Lee, Blair MacIntyre, Brian Meyers, Thomas P. Moran, Elizabeth Mynatt, Bonnie A. Nardi, Catherine Plaisant, Pamela Ravasio, Daniel Robbins, George Robertson, Ben Shneiderman, Greg Smith, Desney Tan, Vincent Tscherter, Leonid A. Velikovich, Stephen Voida, Alfred O. Wanga, Matthew J. Westhoff and Shumin Zhai


Acknowledgmentsvii
1Introduction: The Desktop Metaphor and New Uses of Technology
Victor Kaptelinin and Mary Czerwinski
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IDesigning Out of the Box13
Introduction to Part I15
2Beyond Lifestreams
The Inevitable Demise of the Desktop Metaphor
Eric Freeman and David Gelernter
19
3Haystack
Per-User Information Environments Based on Semistructured Data
David R. Karger
49
4Explorations in Task Management on the Desktop
George Robertson, Greg Smith, Brian Meyers, Patrick Baudisch, Mary Czerwinski, Eric Horvitz, Daniel Robbins and Desney Tan
101
IIThe Social Dimension of Personal Environments139
Introduction to Part II141
5Personal Role Management
Overview and a Design Study of Email for University Students
Catherine Plaisant and Ben Shneiderman; Assisted by H. Ross Baker, Nicolas B. Duarte, Aydin Haririnia, Dawn E. Klinesmith, Leonid A. Velikovich, Alfred O. Wanga and Matthew J. Westhoff
143
6Soylent and ContactMap
Tools for Constructing the Social Workscape
Danyel Fisher and Bonnie A. Nardi
171
IIIFrom Tasks to Activities191
Introduction to Part III193
7Supporting Activity in Desktop and Ubiquitous Computing
Stephen Voida, Elizabeth Mynatt and Blair MacIntyre
195
8From Desktop Task Management to Ubiquitous Activity-Based to Computing
Jakob E. Bardram
223
IVReflections on the Desktop Metaphor and Integration261
Introduction to Part IV263
9Users’ Theories of the Desktop Metaphor, or Why We Should Seek Metaphor-Free Interfaces
Vincent Tscherter and Pamela Ravasio
265
10Toward Integrated Work Environments
Application-Centric versus Workspace-Level Design
Victor Kaptelinin and Richard Boardman
295
Conclusion333
11Beyond the Desktop Metaphor in Seven Dimensions
Thomas P. Moran and Shumin Zhai
335
Contributors
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Index
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