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Studying Groups with Groupware

When groupware is available, its effect on the group can be evaluated and further implications for design developed. When evaluating it, it was noticed that users encountered unexpected communications breakdowns, which they attribute to the system's incorrect model of conversation implicit in its design []. By using a more appropriate model, they were not only able to pinpoint the previous design decisions that had contributed to the difficulties users had, but they were able to amend the design as well.



Ana Goldenberg
Mon Oct 30 17:41:18 GMT 1995