AttrActive windows: dynamic windows for digital bulletin boards

  • Authors:
  • Laurent Denoue;Les Nelson;Elizabeth Churchill

  • Affiliations:
  • FX Palo Alto Laboratory, Palo Alto, CA;FX Palo Alto Laboratory, Palo Alto, CA;FX Palo Alto Laboratory, Palo Alto, CA

  • Venue:
  • CHI '03 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

In this paper we describe AttrActive Windows, a novel interface for presenting live, interactive, multimedia content on a network of public, digital, bulletin boards. Implementing a paper flyer metaphor, AttrActive Windows are paper-like in appearance and are attached to a virtual corkboard by virtual pushpins. Windows can therefore appear in different orientations, creating an attractive, informal look. Attractive Windows can also have autonomous behaviors that are consistent with the corkboard metaphor, like fluttering in the wind. We describe the AttrActive Windows prototype, and offer the results of an initial evaluative user study.