Establishing tradeoffs that leverage attention for utility: Empirically evaluating information display in notification systems

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 547-582

  McCrickard, D Scott ^a   Catrambone, Richard ^b   Chewar, C M ^a   Stasko, John T ^c  

^a VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Animation; Critical parameters; Empirical evaluation; Secondary display

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; COLOR; HEURISTIC METHODS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 0038003822     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-5819(03)00022-3     Document Type: Article

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