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A comparison of tiled and overlapping windows

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CHI '86: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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https://doi.org/10.1145/22627.22356

Published: 01 April 1986 Publication History

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It is widely believed that overlapping windows are preferable to tiled (non-overlapping) ones, but there is very little research to support that belief. An analysis of the basic characteristics of windowing regimes predicts that there are, in fact, situations where overlapping windows are inferior to tiled. An experiment to test this prediction verified that there are indeed tasks and users for which tiled windows yield faster performance. This result suggests a need for closer study of the principles underlying windowing regimes, so that designers have a better understanding of the tradeoffs involved in using them.

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CHI '86: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

April 1986

362 pages

ISBN:0897911806

DOI:10.1145/22627

ACM SIGCHI Bulletin Volume 17, Issue 4
Special issue: CHI '86 Conference Proceedings
April 1986
346 pages
ISSN:0736-6906
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