Exploding the interface: experiences of a CSCW network

  • Authors:
  • John Bowers;Tom Rodden

  • Affiliations:
  • Dept of Psychology, Manchester University, Manchester, U.K.;Computing Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YR, U.K.

  • Venue:
  • CHI '93 Proceedings of the INTERACT '93 and CHI '93 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 1993

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Abstract

The development of human computer interaction has been dominated by the interface both as a design concept and as an artefact of computer systems. However, recently researchers have been re-examining the role of the interface in the user's interaction with the computer. This paper further examines the notion of the interface in light of the experiences of the authors in establishing a network to support cooperative work. The authors argue that the concept of the single interface which provides a focus for interaction with a computer system is no longer tenable and that richer conceptions of the inter-relationships between users and computer systems are needed.