Evaluating the significance of the desktop area in everyday computer use

Akrivi Katifori; George Lepouras; Alan Dix; Azrina Kamaruddin

doi:10.1109/ACHI.2008.27

Evaluating the significance of the desktop area in everyday computer use

Akrivi Katifori^*, George Lepouras, Alan Dix, Azrina Kamaruddin

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Abstract

Computers have become part of our homes and day-to-day lives. This paper presents selected results of an interview-based user study focused on information management on the personal computer. We focus on the Desktop, confirming results of previous studies as well as revealing new issues and ensuing design suggestions. While even basic competence users inventively appropriated the desktop, some features, in particular user-defined shortcuts, appeared counter-intuitive, and were underused. Users are still dissatisfied with their information organization and the challenge is to provide tools that support rather than replace the users 'flexible and creative use of the current desktop.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interaction, ACHI 2008
Pages	31-38
Number of pages	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ACHI.2008.27
Publication status	Published - 25 Feb 2008
Externally published	Yes
Event	1st International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interaction, ACHI 2008 - Saint Luce, Martinique Duration: 10 Feb 2008 → 15 Feb 2008

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Conference	1st International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interaction, ACHI 2008
Country/Territory	Martinique
City	Saint Luce
Period	10/02/08 → 15/02/08

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Katifori, A, Lepouras, G, Dix, A & Kamaruddin, A 2008, Evaluating the significance of the desktop area in everyday computer use. in Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interaction, ACHI 2008., 4455955, pp. 31-38, 1st International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interaction, ACHI 2008, Saint Luce, Martinique, 10/02/08. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACHI.2008.27

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