@conference {16042, title = {Active progress bars: facilitating the switch to temporary activities}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2011 annual conference extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems}, series = {CHI EA {\textquoteright}11}, year = {2011}, month = {2011///}, pages = {1963 - 1968}, publisher = {ACM}, organization = {ACM}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, abstract = {In this paper, we seek to find a better way of effective task management when a progress bar interrupts user{\textquoteright}s primary activity. We propose to augment progress bars with user controlled functionalities facilitating the switch to temporary activities. We detail a taxonomy of waiting period contexts and possible temporary tasks, then report on 5 participatory design, and a follow-up survey of 96 respondents. Finally we describe an early prototype of active progress bars, and report on initial use.}, keywords = {Frustration, participatory design, progress bars, task switching}, isbn = {978-1-4503-0268-5}, doi = {10.1145/1979742.1979883}, url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1979742.1979883}, author = {Hurter,Christophe and Girouard,Audrey and Riche,Nathalie and Plaisant, Catherine} }