Paper Info
Title
Chat circles
Abstract
Although current online chat environments provide newopportunities for communication, they are quite constrained intheir ability to convey many important pieces of socialinformation, ranging from the number of participants in aconversation to the subtle nuances of expression that enrich faceto face speech. In this paper we present Chat Circles, an abstractgraphical interface for synchronous conversa-tion. Here, presenceand activity are made manifest by changes in color and form,proximity-based filtering intuitively breaks large groups intoconversational clusters, and the archives of a conversation aremade visible through an integrated history interface. Our goal inthis work is to create a richer environment for onlinediscussions.
Year
DOI
Venue
1999
10.1145/302979.302981
CHI
Keywords
DocType
ISBN
current online chat environment,abstractgraphical interface,important piece,chatroom,intoconversational cluster,world wide web,graphical history,goal inthis work,turn-taking,integrated history interface,intheir ability,chat circle,conversation,Chat Circles,social visualization,internet,conversation aremade,faceto face speech
Conference
0-201-48559-1
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
97
18.66
2
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Fernanda B. Viégas13208283.62
Judith S. Donath21029158.32