How are windows used? Some notes on creating an empirically-based windowing benchmark task
CHI '86 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
A comparison of tiled and overlapping windows
CHI '86 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG)
An approach to intelligent automated window management
International Journal of Man-Machine Studies
Elastic Windows: evaluation of multi-window operations
Proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human factors in computing systems
The Task Gallery: a 3D window manager
Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Dynamic space management for user interfaces
UIST '00 Proceedings of the 13th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
Partitioning digital worlds: focal and peripheral awareness in multiple monitor use
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Novel interaction techniques for overlapping windows
Proceedings of the 14th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
QuickSpace: new operations for the desktop metaphor
CHI '02 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
A Taxonomy of Window Manager User Interfaces
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
CHI '03 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Proceedings of the working conference on Advanced visual interfaces
Proceedings of the working conference on Advanced visual interfaces
Shrinking window operations for expanding display space
Proceedings of the working conference on Advanced visual interfaces
mudibo: multiple dialog boxes for multiple monitors
CHI '05 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Proceedings of the 18th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
Role-based control of shared application views
Proceedings of the 18th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
Evaluation of viewport size and curvature of large, high-resolution displays
GI '06 Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006
Gestion des fenêtres: enregistrement et visualisation de l'interaction
IHM 2005 Proceedings of the 17th international conference on Francophone sur l'Interaction Homme-Machine
Metisse: un système de fenêtrage hautement configurable et utilisable au quotidien
IHM 2005 Proceedings of the 17th international conference on Francophone sur l'Interaction Homme-Machine
Mnemonic rendering: an image-based approach for exposing hidden changes in dynamic displays
UIST '06 Proceedings of the 19th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
High-resolution gaming: Interfaces, notifications, and the user experience
Interacting with Computers
Copy-and-paste between overlapping windows
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
An evaluation of techniques for reducing spatial interference in single display groupware
ECSCW'05 Proceedings of the ninth conference on European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Interacting with Computers
Fighting fragmentation: an enterprise framework for creating unified online workspaces
CHI '08 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Lightweight task/application performance using single versus multiple monitors: a comparative study
GI '08 Proceedings of graphics interface 2008
Multiple carets, multiple screens and multi-tasking: new behaviours with multiple computers
BCS-HCI '07 Proceedings of the 21st British HCI Group Annual Conference on People and Computers: HCI...but not as we know it - Volume 1
Providing an Efficient Way to Make Desktop Icons Visible
Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. Part I: New Trends
Exploring new window manipulation techniques
OZCHI '09 Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the Australian Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group: Design: Open 24/7
Window Watcher: a visualisation tool for understanding windowing activities
OZCHI '09 Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the Australian Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group: Design: Open 24/7
Push-and-pull switching: window switching based on window overlapping
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Quantifying the performance effect of window snipping in multiple-monitor environments
INTERACT'07 Proceedings of the 11th IFIP TC 13 international conference on Human-computer interaction - Volume Part II
Visual links across applications
Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2010
Proceedings of the 48th Annual Southeast Regional Conference
Importance-driven compositing window management
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Towards ideal window layouts for multi-party, gaze-aware desktop videoconferencing
Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2011
HCII'11 Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Human interface and the management of information: interacting with information - Volume Part II
Supporting window switching with spatially consistent thumbnail zones: design and evaluation
INTERACT'11 Proceedings of the 13th IFIP TC 13 international conference on Human-computer interaction - Volume Part I
Display-adaptive window management for irregular surfaces
Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces
Put them where? towards guidelines for positioning large displays in interactive workspaces
INTERACT'05 Proceedings of the 2005 IFIP TC13 international conference on Human-Computer Interaction
WindowScape: Lessons learned from a task-centric window manager
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI)
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Most modern computer systems allow the user to control the space allocated to interfaces through a window system. While much of the understanding of how people interact with windows may be regarded as well-known, there are very few reports of documented window management practices. Recent work on larger display spaces indicates that multiple monitor use is becoming more commonplace, and that users are experiencing a variety of usability issues with their window systems. The lack of understanding of how people generally interact with windows implies that future design and evaluation of window managers may not address emerging user needs and display systems. Thus we present a study of people using a variety of window managers and display configurations to illustrate manager- and display-independent space management issues. We illustrate several issues with space management, and each issue includes discussion of the implications of both evaluations and design directions for future window managers. We also present a classification of users' space management styles and relationships to window system types.