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Snookered by an interruption?: use a cue

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Stuart A. Jones,

Sandy J. J. Gould,

Anna L. CoxAuthors Info & Claims

BCS-HCI '12: Proceedings of the 26th Annual BCS Interaction Specialist Group Conference on People and Computers

Pages 251 - 256

Published: 10 September 2012 Publication History

Abstract

When routine tasks are interrupted, erroneous slips become more likely. Expertise is no defence against these kinds of errors but visual hints can alleviate such negative effects in computer interfaces. We compared previous-action cueing with next-action cueing, measuring the effects on error rate, and found that both approaches were statistically equivalent in helping to mitigate the disruptive effects of interruptions. Following an interruption, a cue should be displayed highlighting the last action performed by the user -- a trivial operation for software applications.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2750858.2807514

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BCS-HCI '12: Proceedings of the 26th Annual BCS Interaction Specialist Group Conference on People and Computers

September 2012

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Turner LAllen SWhitaker RMase KLangheinrich MGatica-Perez DGellersen HChoudhury TYatani K(2015)Interruptibility prediction for ubiquitous systemsProceedings of the 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing10.1145/2750858.2807514(801-812)Online publication date: 7-Sep-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2750858.2807514

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