SWIM: An alternative interface for MSN messenger

Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series

Volumn 64, Issue , 2007, Pages 55-62

  Tran, Minh Hong ^a   Yang, Yun ^a   Raikundalia, Gitesh K ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive threaded interface; Chat; Instant messaging; Persistent conversation; Sequential interface

Indexed keywords

CHAT; DESIGN APPROACHES; EFFECTIVE TOOL; GROUP DISCUSSIONS; IMPLEMENTATION TECHNIQUES; INSTANT MESSAGING; INTEGRATED INTERFACE; INTERFACE DESIGNS; MSN MESSENGER; PERSISTENT CONVERSATION;

MESSAGE PASSING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 84873317664     PISSN: 14451336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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