In this study we designed an assistive notification mechanism that did not interrupt users’ primary task so that they could focus on their main activity in a desktop environment. When a notification appeared in the peripheral area of the users’ field of view, we gave hints such as the color of cursor or a label to cursor to lead their attention to the notification that was originally outside of users’ field of view. To test our mechanism, we performed a multi-task experiment in a desktop environment with a word-finding game and the mouse cursor hints. The result revealed that the color hint as well as label hint coming from the cursor could increase the accuracy of participants’ ability to aware of the notification and decrease their subjective frustration while having little effect on their primary task. This implies that these approaches can be a potential assistive mechanism to current notification systems in a desktop environment.
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