Ebook: Designing Information Spaces: The Social Navigation Approach
- Tags: User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet), Information Storage and Retrieval, Personality and Social Psychology
- Series: Computer Supported Cooperative Work
- Year: 2003
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag London
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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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 shared expectations, shared experiences, and can serve as a resource which participants can use to structure their individual and collective interactions. That is, at least, our claim. However, it is important to note that, except for the first, the proxies described so far are concept pieces, meaning that they haven't been implemented and deployed to real situations. Now, however, we will turn to an implemented system, and look at a real example. 1. 4 Experience: The Babble System In the previous section we introduced the concept of social proxies and discussed examples illustrating the wide range of situations to which social proxies can be applied. In this section, we focus on our experience in designing, implementing and studying a social proxy in the context of an on-line system called Babble.
This volume provides a thoroughly up-to-date guide to the use of the Social Navigation approach in designing information spaces. The first part focuses on real life systems such as Kalas, GeoNotes and Babble, and examines the rationale for some of the design choices made. The second part takes a detailed look at the underlying principles and ideas that drive the field. Overall this book aims to provide the reader with a wealth of example systems, concepts and practical ideas to help them get the most out of this important new approach.
Designing Information Spaces: The Social Navigation Approach will mainly be of interest to anyone designing collaborative information spaces or web sites. It will also be useful for anyone studying or researching topics such as HCI, virtual environments, user interfaces and information retrieval.
This volume provides a thoroughly up-to-date guide to the use of the Social Navigation approach in designing information spaces. The first part focuses on real life systems such as Kalas, GeoNotes and Babble, and examines the rationale for some of the design choices made. The second part takes a detailed look at the underlying principles and ideas that drive the field. Overall this book aims to provide the reader with a wealth of example systems, concepts and practical ideas to help them get the most out of this important new approach.
Designing Information Spaces: The Social Navigation Approach will mainly be of interest to anyone designing collaborative information spaces or web sites. It will also be useful for anyone studying or researching topics such as HCI, virtual environments, user interfaces and information retrieval.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Editors’ Introduction: Footprints in the Snow....Pages 1-13
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Social Translucence: Using Minimalist Visualisations of Social Activity to Support Collective Interaction....Pages 17-41
Collaborative Filtering: Supporting Social Navigation in Large, Crowded Infospaces....Pages 43-82
Screen Scenery: Learning From Architecture and People’s Practices of Navigation in Electronic Environments....Pages 83-103
Navigating the Virtual Landscape: Coordinating the Shared Use of Space....Pages 105-124
Experiential Design of Shared Information Spaces....Pages 125-149
GeoNotes: A Location-Based Information System for Public Spaces....Pages 151-173
Footsteps from the Garden: Arcadian Knowledge Spaces....Pages 175-200
Social Navigation of Food Recipes: Designing Kalas....Pages 201-222
Results from the Footprints Project....Pages 223-248
Web Places: Using Intermediaries to Add People to the Web....Pages 249-269
Front Matter....Pages 271-271
Where the Footprints Lead: Tracking Down Other Roles for Social Navigation....Pages 273-291
Social Connotations of Space in the Design for Virtual Communities and Social Navigation....Pages 293-313
Informatics, Architecture and Language....Pages 315-341
Information that Counts: A Sociological View of Information Navigation....Pages 343-353
Navigation: Within and Beyond the Metaphor in Interface Design and Evaluation....Pages 355-384
The Conceptual Structure of Information Space....Pages 385-403
Information Space Navigation: A Framework....Pages 405-426
Back Matter....Pages 427-455
This volume provides a thoroughly up-to-date guide to the use of the Social Navigation approach in designing information spaces. The first part focuses on real life systems such as Kalas, GeoNotes and Babble, and examines the rationale for some of the design choices made. The second part takes a detailed look at the underlying principles and ideas that drive the field. Overall this book aims to provide the reader with a wealth of example systems, concepts and practical ideas to help them get the most out of this important new approach.
Designing Information Spaces: The Social Navigation Approach will mainly be of interest to anyone designing collaborative information spaces or web sites. It will also be useful for anyone studying or researching topics such as HCI, virtual environments, user interfaces and information retrieval.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Editors’ Introduction: Footprints in the Snow....Pages 1-13
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Social Translucence: Using Minimalist Visualisations of Social Activity to Support Collective Interaction....Pages 17-41
Collaborative Filtering: Supporting Social Navigation in Large, Crowded Infospaces....Pages 43-82
Screen Scenery: Learning From Architecture and People’s Practices of Navigation in Electronic Environments....Pages 83-103
Navigating the Virtual Landscape: Coordinating the Shared Use of Space....Pages 105-124
Experiential Design of Shared Information Spaces....Pages 125-149
GeoNotes: A Location-Based Information System for Public Spaces....Pages 151-173
Footsteps from the Garden: Arcadian Knowledge Spaces....Pages 175-200
Social Navigation of Food Recipes: Designing Kalas....Pages 201-222
Results from the Footprints Project....Pages 223-248
Web Places: Using Intermediaries to Add People to the Web....Pages 249-269
Front Matter....Pages 271-271
Where the Footprints Lead: Tracking Down Other Roles for Social Navigation....Pages 273-291
Social Connotations of Space in the Design for Virtual Communities and Social Navigation....Pages 293-313
Informatics, Architecture and Language....Pages 315-341
Information that Counts: A Sociological View of Information Navigation....Pages 343-353
Navigation: Within and Beyond the Metaphor in Interface Design and Evaluation....Pages 355-384
The Conceptual Structure of Information Space....Pages 385-403
Information Space Navigation: A Framework....Pages 405-426
Back Matter....Pages 427-455
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