Understanding sequence and reply relationships within email conversations: A mixed-model visualization

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 361-368

  Venolia, Gina Danielle ^a   Neustaedter, Carman ^b  

^a MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asynchronous communication; Chat; Computer mediated communication; Electronic mail; Email; Information visualization; Instant messaging; Thread; Usability; Usenet newsgroup; User study

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; USER INTERFACES; UTILITY PROGRAMS; VISUALIZATION; WORLD WIDE WEB; FORESTRY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

CHAT CLIENTS;

ELECTRONIC MAIL;

ASYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION; CHAT; COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION VISUALIZATION; INSTANT MESSAGING; THREAD; USABILITY; USENET NEWSGROUP; USER STUDY;

EID: 0038375549     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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