Making interactions visible: tools for social browsing

  • Authors:

  • Elisabeth Davenport;Reuben Connolly;Robert Spence;Kathy Buckner;Angus Whyte;Kirsty Barr

  • Affiliations:

  • Napier University, Edinburgh, UK;Imperial College of Science, London, UK;Imperial College of Science, London, UK;Queen Margaret University, College Edinburgh, UK;Queen Margaret University, College Edinburgh, UK;Queen Margaret University, College Edinburgh, UK

  • Venue:
  • CHI '99 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

The authors describe the problem of 'community myopia': a lack of awareness of people and resources that might assist members of a community to carry out tasks. They present a prototype social browser in two stages: a basic computer based social network diagram using off-the-shelf application software and an advanced social browser using Netmap®, a proprietary analytic and visualization software tool. Tradeoffs between functional capability and ease and pleasure in use are discussed