Planz to put our digital information in its place

  • Authors:
  • William Jones;Dawei Hou;Bhuricha Deen Sethanandha;Sheng Bi;Jim Gemmell

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA;University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA;Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA;University of Washington, Sesattle, WA, USA;Microsoft Research, Mountain View, CA, USA

  • Venue:
  • CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

Planz provides a single, integrative document-like overlay to a folder hierarchy through the dynamic, on-demand assembly of XML fragments. This overlay provides a context in which to create or reference not only files but also email messages, web pages and informal notes. This paper describes an evaluation of Planz over a period of several days during which participants compared their experiences on two projects - one involving "status quo" methods, a second project involving Planz. Also discussed is an architecture that extends on the front-end to provide additional overlays and on the back-end in support of additional information stores. Work on Planz is guided by a vision of "structural integrity": Many tools, many modes of interaction applied to a common structure for the organization of and access to personal information.