Multiple Carets, Multiple Screens and Multi-Tasking: New Behaviours with Multiple Computers

This study presents interview based case studies of users who work with multiple computers as well as multiple displays. Such users have not been studied before. The behaviour is discussed in terms of both technical and cognitive dimensions, and we identify the importance of having multiple carets and the complexity of multi-tasking and how it can be supported across multiple machines in a way not possible on a single system.

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Russell Beale

William Edmondson

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Publication date: September 2007

Publication date (Print): September 2007

Pages: 1-10

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[0001]Advanced Interaction Group

School of Computer Science

University of Birmingham, Edgbaston

Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2007.6

SO-VID: abda4f85-e547-4176-a7a9-fb834796684e

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Conference name: Proceedings of HCI 2007 The 21st British HCI Group Annual Conference University of Lancaster, UK

Conference acronym: HCI

Conference number: 21

Conference location: Lancaster, UK

Conference date: 3 - 7 September 2007

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: British HCI Group Annual Conference

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1477-9358 BCS Learning & Development

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Multiple Carets, Multiple Screens and Multi-Tasking: New Behaviours with Multiple Computers

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