ConNexus to awarenex: extending awareness to mobile users

  • Authors:
  • John C. Tang;Nicole Yankelovich;James Begole;Max Van Kleek;Francis Li;Janak Bhalodia

  • Affiliations:
  • Sun Microsystems Laboratories, 901 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, CA;Sun Microsystems Laboratories, 901 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, CA;Sun Microsystems Laboratories, 901 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, CA;MIT and Sun Microsystems Laboratories, 901 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, CA;U.C Berkeley and Sun Microsystems Laboratories, 901 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, CA;Sun Microsystems Laboratories, 901 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, CA

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

We explored the use of awareness information to facilitate communication by developing a series of prototypes. The ConNexus prototype integrates awareness information, instant messaging, and other communication channels in an interface that runs on a desktop computer. The Awarenex prototype extends that functionality to wireless handheld devices, such as a Palm. A speech interface also enables callers to make use of the awareness information over the telephone. While the prototypes offer similar functionality, the interfaces reflect the different design affordances and use context of each platform. We discuss the design implications of providing awareness information on devices with varying interface and network characteristics.