DocPlayer : why doesn ’ t your desktop play this way ?

Document-management is becoming a central and troubling issue for typical users of computers; and the need for more intuitive, flexible, and effective management-systems is becoming more and more evident. This paper reports on work to develop DocPlayer, a solution inspired by the control-metaphor of media-players. First, other attempts to address the document-management problem are reviewed; then the DocPlayer system is described – along with a brief summery of reactions from users. The paper concludes with a brief analysis of the DocPlayer solution and some proposals for future research.

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