THREAD ARCS: An email thread visualization

被引：43

作者：

Kerr, B

机构：

来源：

INFOVIS 2002: IEEE SYMPOSIUM ON INFORMATION VISUALIZATION 2003, PROCEEDINGS | 2003年

关键词：

conversations; discussions; electronic mail; email; information visualization; threads; tree structures; user interfaces;

D O I：

10.1109/INFVIS.2003.1249028

中图分类号：

TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];

学科分类号：

0812 ;

摘要：

This paper describes Thread Arcs, a novel interactive visualization technique designed to help people use threads found in email. Thread Arcs combine the chronology of messages with the branching tree structure of a conversational thread in a mixed-model visualization [Venolia and Neustaedter 2003] that is stable and compact. By quickly scanning and interacting with Thread Arcs, people can see various attributes of conversations and find relevant messages in them easily. We tested this technique against other visualization techniques with users' own email in a functional prototype email client. Thread Arcs proved an excellent match for the types of threads found in users' email and for the qualities users wanted in small-scale visualizations.

引用

页码：211 / 218

页数：8

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