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A non-obtrusive user interface for increasing social awareness on the World Wide Web

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Arguing for the need of increasing social awareness on the World Wide Web, we describe a user interface based on the metaphor of windows bridging electronic and physical spaces. We present a system that, with the aim of making online activity perceptible in the physical world, makes it possible tohear people visiting one's website. The system takes advantage of theseamless andcontinuous network connection offered by handheld Web-appliances such as personal digital assistants.

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  1. Information Systems Laboratory, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, 739, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan

    Olivier Liechti, Mark Sifer & Tadao Ichikawa

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Liechti, O., Sifer, M. & Ichikawa, T. A non-obtrusive user interface for increasing social awareness on the World Wide Web. Personal Technologies 3, 22–32 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01305317

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