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Computer pop-up messages can slow down work

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Computer pop-up messages can slow down work

07.12.2009
Pop-up messages on employees' computer screens may be more than just distracting, they actually affect the time required to complete work, a study suggests.

According to researchers, even brief pop-up messages interrupt what a person is doing and breaks their train of thought, BBC News reports.

The Cardiff study, Now Where Was I?, found the pop-up messages add time to a task's completion, as computer users try to remember where they left off.

The obvious solution is one the researchers recommend: turn off email and instant-messaging alerts and get on with the work at hand while being able to fully concentrate.

The study's findings could help shape how future computer messaging systems should work, such as implementing smaller and less intrusive visual alerts, the study's authors said.

Article courtesy of gadgetrepublic.com

 

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