Issues in Building Multiuser Interfaces
V. Srinivasan Rao, Wai-Lan Luk, John Warren · International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction · 2005
The proliferation of interest in collaborative computer applications in the past decade has resulted in a corresponding increase in the interest in multiuser interfaces. This research seeks to contribute to an understanding of the process of developing user models for group interaction and to the design and implementation of multiuser interfaces based on the model. Group ranking was used as an exemplar task. User requirements were identified by observing groups perform the ranking task in a noncomputer environment. A design was proposed based on the identified requirements and a prototype implemented. Feedback from informal user evaluation of the implemented interface is reported. Insights on the methodology are discussed.