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Resolving Conflicts between the Desktop and the Web

Future Work

Ideas for future work on this topic include:

  • further refinement of the classification of web usage,
  • additional work on metaphors and how they interact,
  • refinement of design recommendations,
  • validation of design recommendations with usability testing, and
  • application deployment strategies.

About the workshop

Special thanks go to our organizers, Hal Shubin and Ron Perkins, for their efforts in organizing and leading the group.

Position Papers
The position papers from the workshop are available online.

Participants
Nancy Bayer, Parametric Technology Corporation
Ward Clark, Open Market
Carola Fellenz, Sun Microsystems
Tom McLaren, McLaren Associates
Jakob Nielsen, Nielsen Norman Group
Jarmo Parkkinen, TAI Research Centre, Helsinki University of Technology
Ron Perkins, Design Perspectives
Hal Shubin, Interaction Design

About the Authors
Carola Fellenz is a human interface designer with Sun Microsystems, Inc., working on the Sun’s Web browser. She has previously designed web-based administration tools, Unix-based development and administration tools, informational Web sites and Web-based small financial applications.

Jarmo Parkkinen is researcher in the Usability Group of the Laboratory of Information Processing Science at the Helsinki University of Technology. He has worked with over 20 companies conducting usability tests on a wide range of products varying from embedded products, tools for specialists and Web solutions. He has also taught courses on usability and consulted on software development.

Hal Shubin is a founding principal and vice-president of Interaction Design, Inc. Hal has over twenty years experience in software, first as a software engineer in the field of Artificial Intelligence and later in user interface design and usability testing.

Authors’ Addresses
Carola Fellenz
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
901 San Antonio Road, MS UCUP01-209
Palo Alto, CA USA 94303

Jarmo Parkkinen
Helsinki University of Technology
PL 1100
02015 TKK
Otakaari 1
Espoo

Hal Shubin
Interaction Design
78 Chilton Street
Belmont, MA USA 02478

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