Task-focused interface
The task-focused interface is a type of user interface which extends the desktop metaphor of the graphical user interface to make tasks, not files and folders, the primary unit of interaction. Instead of showing entire hierarchies of information, such as a tree of documents, a task-focused interface shows the subset of the tree that is relevant to the task-at-hand. This addresses the problem of information overload when dealing with large hierarchies, such as those in software systems or large sets of documents. The task-focused interface is composed of a mechanism which allows the user to specify the task being worked on and to switch between active tasks, a model of the task context such as a degree-of-interest (DOI) ranking, a focusing mechanism to filter or highlight the relevant docum
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- enThe task-focused interface is a type of user interface which extends the desktop metaphor of the graphical user interface to make tasks, not files and folders, the primary unit of interaction. Instead of showing entire hierarchies of information, such as a tree of documents, a task-focused interface shows the subset of the tree that is relevant to the task-at-hand. This addresses the problem of information overload when dealing with large hierarchies, such as those in software systems or large sets of documents. The task-focused interface is composed of a mechanism which allows the user to specify the task being worked on and to switch between active tasks, a model of the task context such as a degree-of-interest (DOI) ranking, a focusing mechanism to filter or highlight the relevant docum
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- 18 January 2021
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- enThe task-focused interface is a type of user interface which extends the desktop metaphor of the graphical user interface to make tasks, not files and folders, the primary unit of interaction. Instead of showing entire hierarchies of information, such as a tree of documents, a task-focused interface shows the subset of the tree that is relevant to the task-at-hand. This addresses the problem of information overload when dealing with large hierarchies, such as those in software systems or large sets of documents. The task-focused interface is composed of a mechanism which allows the user to specify the task being worked on and to switch between active tasks, a model of the task context such as a degree-of-interest (DOI) ranking, a focusing mechanism to filter or highlight the relevant documents. The task-focused interface has been validated with statistically significant increases to knowledge worker productivity. It has been broadly adopted by programmers and is a key part of the Eclipse integrated development environment. The technology is also referred to as the "task context" model and the "task-focused programming" paradigm.
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- Task-focused interface
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- enTask-focused interface
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- www.eclipse.org/mylyn/
- plugins.netbeans.org/plugin/53996/nbtaskfocus
- web.archive.org/web/20210118073547/http:/plugins.netbeans.org/plugin/53996/nbtaskfocus
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- Agile software development
- Application lifecycle management
- Aspect-oriented programming
- Aspect-oriented software development
- Category:User interface techniques
- Desktop metaphor
- Eclipse (software)
- Graphical user interface
- Human multitasking
- Information overload
- Integrated development environment
- Knowledge worker
- Mik Kersten
- Mylyn
- Ontology (information science)
- Open source
- Project manager
- Software system
- Task (project management)
- Task management
- Tasktop Pro
- University of British Columbia
- University of Victoria
- User interface
- Visualization (computer graphics)
- Xerox PARC
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- 4vhR1
- Interface focada em tarefas
- Interfejs skoncentrowany na zadaniu
- m.0524jzb
- Q7687262
- Task-focused interface
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- Category:User interface techniques
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- nbtaskfocus
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- Task-focused interface?oldid=1078076555&ns=0
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