Eden: supporting home network management through interactive visual tools
Eden: supporting home network management through interactive visual tools
复制标题
Eden：通过交互式可视化工具支持家庭网络管理
DOI：
10.1145/1866029.1866049
复制
发表时间：
2010
期刊：
影响因子：
--
通讯作者：
David Haslem
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
Jeonghwa Yang;W. K. Edwards;David Haslem
随着网络进入家庭，家庭用户越来越多地面临着复杂的网络管理工作。然而，先前的研究表明，许多用户在管理他们的网络方面存在困难。高级网络管理工具（例如为企业开发的那些工具）对于家庭用户来说通常过于复杂，不支持他们面临的常见任务，并且不适合家庭的技术特性，这一事实使这种困难更加复杂。Eden是一个面向终端用户的交互式、直接操作的家庭网络管理系统。Eden支持一系列常见任务，并提供了一个简单的概念模型，可以帮助用户更好地理解网络的关键方面。该系统利用一种新颖的家庭网络路由器，作为用户当前路由器的“drop”替代品。我们证明Eden不仅改善了网络的用户体验，而且还帮助用户形成网络如何工作的可行概念模型。
As networking moves into the home, home users are increasingly being faced with complex network management chores. Previous research, however, has demonstrated the difficulty many users have in managing their networks. This difficulty is compounded by the fact that advanced network management tools - such as those developed for the enterprise - are generally too complex for home users, do not support the common tasks they face, and are not a good fit for the technical peculiarities of the home. This paper presents Eden, an interactive, direct manipulation home network management system aimed at end users. Eden supports a range of common tasks, and provides a simple conceptual model that can help users understand key aspects of networking better. The system leverages a novel home network router that acts as a "dropin" replacement for users' current router. We demonstrate that Eden not only improves the user experience of networking, but also aids users in forming workable conceptual models of how the network works.