Mail-by-example: a visual query interface for email management

  • Authors:
  • Karin Becker;Michelle O. Cardoso;Caren M. Nichele;Michele Frighetto

  • Affiliations:
  • Faculdade de Informática, Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Ipiranga 6681 90619-900, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil;Faculdade de Informática, Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Ipiranga 6681 90619-900, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil;Faculdade de Informática, Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Ipiranga 6681 90619-900, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil;Faculdade de Informática, Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Ipiranga 6681 90619-900, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

  • Venue:
  • AVI '00 Proceedings of the working conference on Advanced visual interfaces
  • Year:
  • 2000

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Abstract

MBE (Mail by Example) is a visual interface that provides advanced facilities for handling large volumes of electronic messages. It enables users to define ad hoc queries for retrieving messages, folders, or information about those. MBE is based on a “by-example” query style (QBE), to suit the requirements of typical users of email environments. The first evaluation of MBE revealed a generalized satisfaction towards its features.