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Title

SWIM: an alternative interface for MSN messenger

Author(s)

Tran, Minh Hong;  Yang, Yun;  Raikundalia, Gitesh K.

Abstract

The research of the authors investigates an alternative interface for Instant Messaging (IM). This paper presents SWIM (SWinburne Instant Messaging), an IM tool that is developed based on MSN Messenger. SWIM presents an innovative interface design that combines the conventional sequential interface with the adaptive threaded interface. In addition, SWIM supports persistent conversation which facilitates users' participation to a group conversation. The integrated interface and support for persistent conversation allow SWIM to be used both as a convenient tool for social conversation and as an effective tool for task-oriented group discussion. In this paper, we discuss the design approach of SWIM, describe details of our implementation technique, and report a preliminary evaluation of SWIM. The evaluation shows that SWIM holds great promise in supporting group conversation.

Publication type

Conference paper

Research centre

Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies. Centre for Information Technology Research

Source

Conferences in research and practice in information technology: Proceedings of the 8th Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC 07), Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 30 January-02 February 2007 / Wayne Piekarski and Beryl Plimmer (eds.), Vol. 64, pp. 55-62

Publication year

2007

Keyword(s)

Adaptive threaded interfaces;  Chat;  IM;  Instant messaging;  Innovative interface design;  MSN Messenger;  Persistent conversation;  Sequential interface;  SWIM;  Swinburne University of Technology

Publisher

Australian Computer Society

ISSN

1445-1336 (series ISSN)

ISBN

1920682465

Publisher URL

http://crpit.com/abstracts/CRPITV64Tran.html

Copyright

Copyright © 2007, Australian Computer Society, Inc. This paper appeared at the Eighth Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC2007), Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology (CRPIT), Vol. 64. Wayne Piekarski and Beryl Plimmer, Eds. Reproduction for academic, not-for profit purposes permitted provided this text is included. The published version of the paper is reproduced here in accordance with this policy.

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