Metamouse: Multiple Mice for Legacy Applications
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@MISC{(kheimerl_metamouse:multiple,
author = {Kurtis Heimerl (kheimerl and Divya Ramach and Joyojeet Pal and Eric Brewer (brewer and Tapan Parikh},
title = {Metamouse: Multiple Mice for Legacy Applications},
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Abstract—Traditional Single Display Groupware (SDG) solutions have been used to create software for developing regions. SDG allows for greater utilization of the limited infrastructure available in such areas. This technology is particularly appropriate in classrooms where groups of children often use educational software on a single computer. However, SDG has faced several challenges working with legacy applications. Our technology, called metamouse, takes a step toward an integrated multi-user application by allowing users to collaborate within unmodified legacy educational software. I. PROBLEM STATEMENT Several million children, especially in the developing world, never use a computer without a partner sharing the mouse and keyboard [2]. Single Display Groupware techniques [4] are particularly relevant to this scenario, allowing for users to more effectively share computing resources by using multiple mice. Existing research has shown that these techniques are intuitive, usable, and beneficial in the developing world [3]. Despite these encouraging early findings, two important barriers remain in deploying shared input technologies in real world settings. First, most legacy software would have to be significantly modified to effectively use multiple mice, and among other issues, many business challenges exist in doing this. The second barrier, potentially of great interest from the HCI perspective, is that of efficiently encouraging coordinated on-screen decision-making using the multiple mice. Most trials of multimouse, while emphasizing the importance of collaboration, have been impeded by working within a “fastestfinger-first” race-clicking, or repetitive click modes which require all users to click on the same link for the function to continue. Our challenge was to work with legacy software, and yet provide an alternate way for allowing coordinated clicking to capture the proven learning gains of collaboration.
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multiple mouse legacy application legacy software developing world many business challenge repetitive click mode abstract traditional single display groupware input technology multi-user application educational software problem statement several alternate way hci perspective single display groupware several challenge real world setting limited infrastructure single computer great interest on-screen decision-making early finding unmodified legacy educational software important barrier coordinated clicking second barrier fastestfinger-first race-clicking
