That's a look at an array of social proxies. The purpose was to make it clear that the concept of social proxy is quite general. Social proxies can be designed to support a wide range of on-line interactions, whether they involve conversation or not. They may be synchronous or asynchronous, and they may be associated with activities which are an end in them- selves (e. g. auctions), or activities which are simply a means to an end (e. g. waiting in queues). We believe that by providing a shared represen- tation of the activity in which participants are involved, social proxies can help create...

Domain Modelling for Interactive Systems Design brings together in one place important contributions and up-to-date research results in this fast moving area.
Domain Modelling for Interactive Systems Design serves as an excellent reference, providing insight into some of the most challenging research issues in the field.

This book describes how domain knowledge can be used in the design of interactive systems. It includes discussion of the theories and models of domain, generic domain architectures and construction of system components for specific domains. It draws on research experience from the Information Systems, Software Engineering and Human Computer Interaction communities.

This work discusses the issues arising from the emerging discipline of User Interface Systems Engineering (UISE). It should be appropriate for a range of specialist courses on user interface development, particularly software engineering courses on user interface design, among others.

Conceptual Modeling for User Interface Development introduces the technique of Entity-Relationship-Modeling and shows how the technique can be applied to interface issues. It explains those aspects of entity-relationship modeling which are relevant to ERMIAs, and it presents the extensions to the notation that are necessary for modeling interfaces. This book is aimed at both interface designers and software developers in an attempt to bridge the gap in the development of interactive systems. Too often, when software is being developed, the software engineers do not sufficiently...

Social navigation is a vibrant new field which examines how we navigate information spaces in "real" and "virtual" environments, how we orient and guide ourselves, and how we interact with and use others to find our way in information spaces. This approach brings a new way of thinking about how we design information spaces, emphasising our need to see others, collaborate with them, and follow the trails of their activities in these spaces. Social Navigation of Information Space is the first major work in this field, and includes contributions by many of the originators and key...

Domain Modelling for Interactive Systems Design brings together in one place important contributions and up-to-date research results in this fast moving area.
Domain Modelling for Interactive Systems Design serves as an excellent reference, providing insight into some of the most challenging research issues in the field.