A Task-focused Approach to Support Sharing and Interruption Recovery in Web Browsers

摘要

Over the last two decades a vast number of services have moved online, and many new services have been created. Previous work shows that many users are overloaded by the number of webpages they use simultaneously. We introduce TabFour, a prototype web browser which integrates three features that address the design requirements identified in an initial design study. Webpages can be grouped into tasks, providing a unified target for resumption after an interruption. Tasks and pages can be annotated, supporting resumption after longer intervals. Finally, tasks can be shared through a simple yet novel web-service, allowing users to share groups of webpages more easily than with existing tools.