dkb@cs.brown.edu (Dilip Barman) (03/17/90)
I remember reading an article at least a year ago on this
subject. However, I don't remember where. Does anybody have a
reference? Rooms, by the way, is this clever paradigm that models
many different rooms, each with messy desks. So one can choose
a room for doing text editing with a default messy desk
corresponding, say, to one's favorite text editor open with
several windows, an online dictionary in another window, etc.;
another "compiler" room might have one's favorite compiler and
related tools lying around. Ernest Tello mentions rooms in his
OOP + AI book, but doesn't give any references.
Dilip Barman dkb@cs.brown.edu
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Providence, RI 02912 (401)863-7666 (401)521-9731obryan@gumby.cc.wmich.edu (Mark O'Bryan) (03/18/90)
In article <33104@brunix.UUCP> dkb@cs.brown.edu (Dilip Barman) writes: > > I remember reading an article at least a year ago on this > subject. However, I don't remember where. Does anybody have a > reference? Rooms, by the way, is this clever paradigm that models > many different rooms, each with messy desks. So one can choose Hmm. The reference I have is a lot more than a year old, but perhaps it's still what you're looking for. I believe this is their first paper published on the topic. They probably followed up with other articles in additional publications. Henderson, D.A., Jr. and Card, S.K. "Rooms: The Use of Multiple Virtual Workspaces to Reduce Space Contention in a Window-Based Graphical User Interface" in ACM Transactions on Graphics, Vol. 5, No. 3, July 1986, pages 211-243. I think I also saw something in one of the CHI conference proceedings around '87 or '88, but I don't have the reference handy. Perhaps that's the one you're looking for. -- Mark T. O'Bryan Internet: obryan@gumby.cc.wmich.edu Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI 49008