I3R: a new approach to the design of document retrieval systems
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Information retrieval from hypertext: update on the dynamic medical handbook project
HYPERTEXT '89 Proceedings of the second annual ACM conference on Hypertext
Braque: design of an interface to support user interaction in information retrieval
Information Processing and Management: an International Journal - Special issue on hypertext and information retrieval
The marks are on the knowledge worker
CHI '94 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Context as a factor in personal information management systems
Journal of the American Society for Information Science
Finding and reminding: file organization from the desktop
ACM SIGCHI Bulletin
Email overload: exploring personal information management of email
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
“Finding and reminding” reconsidered
ACM SIGCHI Bulletin
Presto: an experimental architecture for fluid interactive document spaces
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI)
Haystack: per-user information environments
Proceedings of the eighth international conference on Information and knowledge management
The humane interface: new directions for designing interactive systems
The humane interface: new directions for designing interactive systems
Informing the design of an information management system with iterative fieldwork
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Extending document management systems with user-specific active properties
ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS)
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ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS)
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The character, value, and management of personal paper archives
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Lifestreams: a storage model for personal data
ACM SIGMOD Record
Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction
Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction
Flamenco image browser: using metadata to improve image search during architectural design
CHI '01 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
MyLifeBits: fulfilling the Memex vision
Proceedings of the tenth ACM international conference on Multimedia
Stuff I've seen: a system for personal information retrieval and re-use
Proceedings of the 26th annual international ACM SIGIR conference on Research and development in informaion retrieval
The user-subjective approach to personal information management systems
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ScentTrails: Integrating browsing and searching on the Web
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI)
The perfect search engine is not enough: a study of orienteering behavior in directed search
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
In pursuit of desktop evolution: User problems and practices with modern desktop systems
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI)
Don't take my folders away!: organizing personal information to get ghings done
CHI '05 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Searching to eliminate personal information management
Communications of the ACM - Personal information management
Clustering versus faceted categories for information exploration
Communications of the ACM - Supporting exploratory search
Fast, flexible filtering with phlat
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
The project fragmentation problem in personal information management
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Interacting with Web Hierarchies
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It's not that important: demoting personal information of low subjective importance using GrayArea
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Understanding file access mechanisms for embedded Ubicomp collaboration interfaces
Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Ubiquitous computing
Easy on that trigger dad: a study of long term family photo retrieval
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
Beyond total capture: a constructive critique of lifelogging
Communications of the ACM
The life and times of files and information: a study of desktop provenance
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Planz to put our digital information in its place
CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
User interface models for the cloud
UIST '10 Adjunct proceedings of the 23nd annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
Building a semantic representation for personal information
CIKM '10 Proceedings of the 19th ACM international conference on Information and knowledge management
Which version is this?: improving the desktop experience within a copy-aware computing ecosystem
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Understanding re-finding behavior in naturalistic email interaction logs
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Cognitive processes in query generation
ICTIR'11 Proceedings of the Third international conference on Advances in information retrieval theory
TagTree: storing and re-finding files using tags
USAB'11 Proceedings of the 7th conference on Workgroup Human-Computer Interaction and Usability Engineering of the Austrian Computer Society: information Quality in e-Health
How do we find personal files?: the effect of OS, presentation & depth on file navigation
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Representing our information structures for research and for everyday use
CHI '12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Tagging might not be slower than filing in folders
CHI '12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Leyline: provenance-based search using a graphical sketchpad
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Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
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Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Adaptive timeline interface to personal history data
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Traditionally users access their personal files mainly by usingfolder navigation. We evaluate whether recent improvements indesktop search have changed this fundamental aspect of PersonalInformation Management (PIM). We tested this in two studies usingthe same questionnaire: (a) The Windows Studya longitudinalcomparison of Google Desktop and Windows XP SearchCompanion, and (b) The Mac Studya large scale comparison of MacSpotlight and Sherlock. There were few effects forimproved search. First, regardless of search engine, there was astrong navigation preference: on average, users estimated that theyused navigation for 56-68% of file retrieval events but searchedfor only 4-15% of events. Second, the effect of improving thequality of the search engine on search usage was limited andinconsistent. Third, search was used mainly as a last resort whenusers could not remember file location. Finally, there was noevidence that using improved desktop search engines leads people tochange their filing habits to become less reliant on hierarchicalfile organization. We conclude by offering theoretical explanationsfor navigation preference, relating to differences between PIM andInternet retrieval, and suggest alternative design directions forPIM systems.