Kazi Sinthia Kabir, PhD - Adding Domain-Specific Features to a

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Jason Wiese, John R Lund, Kazi Sinthia Kabir
CHI '23: Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2023 Apr

DOI: 10.1145/3544548.3581536

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Wiese, J., Lund, J. R., & Kabir, K. S. (2023). Adding Domain-Specific Features to a Text-Editor to Support Diverse, Real-World Approaches to Time Management Planning. In CHI '23: Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581536

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Wiese, Jason, John R Lund, and Kazi Sinthia Kabir. “Adding Domain-Specific Features to a Text-Editor to Support Diverse, Real-World Approaches to Time Management Planning.” In CHI '23: Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2023.

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Wiese, Jason, et al. “Adding Domain-Specific Features to a Text-Editor to Support Diverse, Real-World Approaches to Time Management Planning.” CHI '23: Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2023, doi:10.1145/3544548.3581536.

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@conference{jason2023a,
  title = {Adding Domain-Specific Features to a Text-Editor to Support Diverse, Real-World Approaches to Time Management Planning},
  year = {2023},
  month = apr,
  doi = {10.1145/3544548.3581536},
  author = {Wiese, Jason and Lund, John R and Kabir, Kazi Sinthia},
  booktitle = {CHI '23: Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
  month_numeric = {4}
}

Many tools are designed to support users in maintaining or developing strong time management practices. Abandonment of these specialized tools is common, in favor of returning to a more general-purpose unstructured tool. How can designs leverage the familiarity of general-purpose tools and the advantages of specialized ones? We explore if applying a time-management-specific understanding of conventions and interactions within unstructured plaintext can be a successful approach to designing support for these tasks. We report the results of two field deployments (combined n=29) of “Plan” - a mobile application with a notes-application-based interface designed to support the practice of Time Management Planning. We show that modest, domain-specific modifications of general-purpose designs can facilitate users’ pre-existing workflows and nudge them towards better practices while leaving interfaces familiar and flexible. However, those with minimal planning experience desired additional structure.