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Fuse: In-Situ Sensemaking Support in the Browser

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Andrew Kuznetsov,

Joseph Chee Chang,

Napol Rachatasumrit,

Bradley Breneisen,

Julina Coupland,

Aniket KitturAuthors Info & Claims

UIST '22: Proceedings of the 35th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology

Article No.: 34, Pages 1 - 15

https://doi.org/10.1145/3526113.3545693

Published: 28 October 2022 Publication History

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Abstract

People spend a significant amount of time trying to make sense of the internet, collecting content from a variety of sources and organizing it to make decisions and achieve their goals. While humans are able to fluidly iterate on collecting and organizing information in their minds, existing tools and approaches introduce significant friction into the process. We introduce Fuse, a browser extension that externalizes users’ working memory by combining low-cost collection with lightweight organization of content in a compact card-based sidebar that is always available. Fuse helps users simultaneously extract key web content and structure it in a lightweight and visual way. We discuss how these affordances help users externalize more of their mental model into the system (e.g., saving, annotating, and structuring items) and support fast reviewing and resumption of task contexts. Our 22-month public deployment and follow-up interviews provide longitudinal insights into the structuring behaviors of real-world users conducting information foraging tasks.

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Index Terms

Fuse: In-Situ Sensemaking Support in the Browser
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Empirical studies in HCI
    2. Interactive systems and tools
2. Information systems
  1. Information systems applications
    1. Multimedia information systems

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UIST '22: Proceedings of the 35th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology

October 2022

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ISBN:9781450393201

DOI:10.1145/3526113

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