Written by international researchers in the field of Distributed User Interfaces (DUIs), this book brings together important contributions regarding collaboration and usability in Distributed User Interface settings. Throughout the thirteen chapters authors address key questions concerning how collaboration can be improved by using DUIs, including: * in which situations a DUI is suitable to ease the collaboration among users;* how usability standards can be used to evaluate the usability of systems based on DUIs; and accurately describe case studies and prototypes implementing these concerns....

With contributions from international experts and revealing case studies throughout, this volume explores core issues in DUIs such as their security, how they improve collaboration, when it is best to deploy them, and how to evaluate their effectiveness.