1. Groupware Plugins: A Case Study of Extending Collaboration Functionality through Media Items Gregor McEwan, Saul Greenberg, Michael Rounding, Michael Boyle University of Calgary

2. Message Plugins can allow people to extend and customise groupware for their own collaborative needs.

3. Scenario Mike R. Mike B. Saul

4. Scenario Mike R. Mike B. Saul Server

5. Scenario Mike R. Mike B. Saul Server

6. Scenario Mike R. Mike B. Saul Server

7. Single user systems use plugins Example: Google Sidebar – personal information in sidebar

8. Single user systems use plugins Example: Google Sidebar – personal information in sidebar – expand tooltip for detail

9. Single user systems use plugins Example: Google Sidebar – personal information in sidebar – expand tooltip for detail Google provides base application

10. Single user systems use plugins Example: Google Sidebar – personal information in sidebar – expand tooltip for detail Google provides base application Plugin developer fills in content

11. Plugins for groupware Why not do the same for groupware?

12. Base system: Community Bar Peripheral side bar Multiple Places Transient tooltip grande Separate full view Place “mike test” Place “ilab” Place “G-place” Place “CSCW class”

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14. Media Item Views

20. Community Bar Plugins

21. Scenario Mike R. Mike B. Saul Server

22. Photo Sharing Saul Server Photo Item Mike R. Mike B.

23. Server Photo Item Server Photo Item picture: Photo Sharing Saul Mike R. Mike B.

24. Mike R. Mike B. Server Photo Item picture: Photo Sharing Saul

25. Media Item Testing and Debugging

26. Testing Average programmers –No previous groupware programming experience Class assignment –Create an interesting media item –2 weeks –Short tutorial to start

27. Ex: AIBO Awareness (Jim Young)

28. Ex: Cambience Item (Rob Diaz-Marino) Audience Owner

29. Ex: Public Web Item (Stephanie Smale)

30. Ex: Photo Gallery (John McDonald)

31. Ex: Blog Reader (Jordan Schaan)

32. Ex: Screen Sharing (Kimberly Tee, to appear in CSCW 2006) Owner Audience

33. Summary Easy fundamentals – place in a groupware application – networking aspects Developers can concentrate on interesting interaction functionality

34. Message A plugin architecture can enable groups to extend and customise groupware for their own collaborative needs.

35. Download and use Community Bar (and build Media Items!) http://grouplab.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/CB

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37. Single user example base systems

38. Plugin examples Firefox (~1500) – FireFoxMenuButtons –Forecastfox –StumbleUpon Google Sidebar (~100) – News –Weather –System Monitor