CoFox: a visual collaborative browser

  • Authors:
  • Jesus Alberto Rodriguez Perez;Stewart Whiting;Joemon M. Jose

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom;University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom;University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 3rd international workshop on Collaborative information retrieval
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

This paper outlines the preliminary design of a novel synchronous collaborative web browsing system named CoFox. CoFox differs from other collaborative web browsing systems in that it provides a live video stream of web content being viewed by the remote user as the main awareness supporting mechanism. Additionally, it allows users to scroll through the remote user video screen capture to re-watch any part of the search session. As well as screen capture features, also included is a set of collaboration tools including video segment annotations, shared links and instant messaging. CoFox provides a platform for a pair of users to tackle collaborative tasks; which may greatly benefit from the expertise of more than one individual. We outline the graphical user interface components from which CoFox will be composed, the hypothetical benefits provided by such a system and finally describe a possible user-based evaluation methodology.