UNFOCUSED INTERACTION IN DISTRIBUTED WORKGROUPS

Agenda

Establishing group presence in a web-based environment



CAAD Futures
 Definitions
 Motivation
 Related Work
Compadres
 Evaluation
 Lessons Learned
 Agenda
 The End

Background Client Helpers
Idle Time Monitor - activity-based connection & disconnection
Visible Desktop - automated capture and display of activity information

User Interface Enhancements
Audio New-message alert
Cadre Interaction Radar

Other Issues
Tools that work for synchronous and asynchronous modes
Eavesdropping.
Variable privacy policies.