Atmosphere: towards context-selective awareness mechanisms
Markus Rittenbruch · International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction · 1999
Within the field of computer supported cooperative work (CSCW) concepts of mutual awareness of groupware users are of increasing importance (McDaniel/ Brinck 1997). Awareness functionality supports the coordination of joint activities. The execution of cooperative work depends crucially on knowledge of the joint context of work. Common concepts of awareness often refer to the manner in which people cooperate without technical support. This is particularly relevant for the synchronous use of groupware. Systems like ORBIT (Mansfield et al. 1997) reflect, among other things, states like the presence or absence of a user and his or her working situation (busy, available, in conference, etc.).