onCue

Terms from Artificial Intelligence: humans at the heart of algorithms

onCue was an intelligent internet interface created by a the dot-com startup that used data detectors to analyse clipboard content and proactively suggest useful web and desktop actions. It is an example of a context sensituve interface. The system was deliberately deisgn using the principles of appropriate intelligence so that it was unobtrusive when its results were not needed.

Used in Chap. 19: page 308

onCue – designing appropriate interactions