Title
The Task Gallery: a 3D window manager
Abstract
The Task Gallery is a window manager that uses interactive 3D graphics to provide direct support for task management and document comparison, lacking from many systems implementing the desktop metaphor. User tasks appear as artwork hung on the walls of a virtual art gallery, with the selected task on a stage. Multiple documents can be selected and displayed side-by-side using 3D space to provide uniform and intuitive scaling. The Task Gallery hosts any Windows application, using a novel redirection mechanism that routes input and output between the 3D environment and unmodified 2D Windows applications. User studies suggest that the Task Gallery helps with task management, is enjoyable to use, and that the 3D metaphor evokes spatial memory and cognition.
Year
DOI
Venue
2000
10.1145/332040.332482
CHI
Keywords
Field
DocType
spatial memory
Graphics,Task management,Computer science,Virtual art,Spatial cognition,Input/output,Human–computer interaction,Desktop metaphor,Multimedia,Window manager,Metaphor
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
1-58113-216-6
126
10.85
References 
Authors
12
8
Search Limit
100126
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
George Robertson153891448.94
Maarten van Dantzich256156.85
Daniel Robbins356035.87
Mary Czerwinski45028421.65
Ken Hinckley54423488.74
Kirsten Risden635837.87
David Thiel744966.49
Vadim Gorokhovsky813011.39