Visualizing Mailbox Yoo Ah Kim Min-ho Shin Department of Computer Science University of Maryland
Overview Motivation Time-based Visualization Thread-based Visualization Related Work Problems in Visualization Future Work Conclusion
Motivation Overload Huge volume of mailbox Tasks Asynchnous communication Personal archives Task management Design Goals View sent/received patterns Find people and s related to each other Search information in mailbox
Related Work Timestore Outlook 2000 Netscan Thread Tree
Time-based Visualization Two-dimensional grid Two-dimensional grid Rows: Addresses Columns: Sent/Received time Bar Chart vs. Gradation Dynamic Query Message Selection
Thread-based Visualization Thread created by “Reply” Both senders and receivers are important Two kinds of links Thread links Sender/Receiver links Figure
Problems in Visualization Sent mails may appear several times Reply information is not enough to construct Threads Different mail address, Mailing list
Future Work Merge with other database Group-based Visualization Content Search Edit/Annotation
Conclusion Time-based Visualization Scalability Problem Dynamic query Gradation Thread-based Visualization Construct thread based on “Reply” Show both senders and receivers