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Phymail Box: an information appliance that checks and prints only important emails

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Phymail Box is an information appliance that checks and prints important emails according to the user’s preferences. It allows people to manage the email experience in a new way, making it easier and more pleasant to use than other available systems

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  1. The clip with some parts of the user research can be found here (Quicktime movie, 1:41 minutes, 14 Mb): http://people.interaction-ivrea.it/g.cannata/phymailbox_u_r.mov

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  5. The Phymail Box video scenario can be found here (Windows Media Video, 8:50 minutes, 27 Mb): http://courses.interaction-ivrea.it/intranet/PEMailBox/PE_scenario.wmv

  6. The clip with some users reactions to the Phymail Box video scenario can be found here (Quicktime movie, 1.18 Minutes, 10 Mb): http://people.interaction-ivrea.it/g.cannata/phymailbox_react.mov

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I am grateful to Heather Martin for her support as design mentor. Special thanks also to those who agreed to be interviewed observed and filmed.

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  1. Interaction Design Institute Ivrea, Via Montenavale 1, 10015, Ivrea, TO, Italy

    Giovanni Cannata

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Cannata, G. Phymail Box: an information appliance that checks and prints only important emails. Pers Ubiquit Comput 10, 170–172 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-005-0011-1

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