The Task Gallery

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The Task Gallery

• A 3-D Window Manager

• Developed By
• - Microsoft Research
• George Robertson
• Daniel Robbins ..

Presented By - - Priya Shivakumar
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Introduction

• Design Premise
• - 3D virtual environments can more effectively
  engage spatial cognition and perception.
• Goals
• - Task Management.
• - Simultaneous Document Comparison.
• Features
• - 3D Graphics.
• - Ability to host any 2-D Windows Application
  without any change.

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Controls
Move Bring Ordered Loose Add to
Maximize Close Forward Stack Stack
Selection
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Previous work along the Same lines

• Visible Representation Of tasks
• Rooms
• Task Gallery
• Space Filling tiled Window Techniques
• Andrew Window System
• Elastic Windows
• Managing Documents
• Data Mountain
• Web Forager
• (An information workspace for the World-Wide
  Web )

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The Web Forager
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Advantages over the conventional 2-D approach

• Task Switching made easy
• Simultaneous Viewing of Multiple Windows simpler
• Easier retrieval of tasks
• Easy Navigation - Navigation is as easy as moving
  forward and backward in a hallway
• Focus and Context

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Future Implementations

• Incorporate the ability to share a window so that
  it appears in multiple tasks
• Provide alternative layouts to make tasks on the
  ceiling and floor easier to read.

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HCI Metrics

• User Satisfaction
• (5.3 on a 7 point scale)
• Learning Curve
• (10 minutes to learn all controls)
• Retention
• Error Recovery

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