Where Do Web Sites Come From? Capturing and Interacting With Design
Scott R. Klemmer, Michael Thomsen, Ethan Phelps-Goodman, James A. Landay · 2002
To form a deep understanding of the present; we need to construct and engage an account of the past. In this paper, we present an informal history capture and retrieval mechanism for collaborative, early-stage information design. This history system is implemented in the context of the Designers'' Outpost, a wall-scale, tangible interface for collaborative web site design. The interface elements in this history system are designed to be fluid and comfortable for early phase design. As demonstrated by an informal lab study with six professional web site designers, this history system enhances the design process itself, and provides new opportunities for reasoning about the design of complex artifacts.