"Who's in charge here?" Communicating across unequal computer platforms

Maria Velez; Marilyn Mantei Tremaine; Aleksandra Sarcevic; Bogdan Dorohonceanu; Allan Krebs; Ivan Marsic

doi:10.1145/1035575.1035579

"Who's in charge here?" Communicating across unequal computer platforms

Maria Velez, Marilyn Mantei Tremaine, Aleksandra Sarcevic, Bogdan Dorohonceanu, Allan Krebs, Ivan Marsic

Engn - Elec & Computer Engn

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Abstract

The effect of communication via heterogeneous computer platforms, having different computing power, was studied. An analysis of solution times found that subjects with mixed platforms worked slower than their homogeneous counterparts. It was observed that a person in charge with a PC worked faster if his partner had a PC, and the PC-to-PDA combination took significantly more time than the PC-to-PC combination. Display disparities can take different forms, as they can result from physical characteristics of display devices, such as size, color resolution, aspect ratio, and spatial distribution.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	407-444
Number of pages	38
Journal	ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
Volume	11
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1035575.1035579
State	Published - Dec 1 2004

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Human-Computer Interaction

Keywords

Collaboration differences
Heterogeneous computing
Media effects
Mobile computing

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