@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}
}
