Information display interface in hypermedia design

The purpose of this study is to examine whether the types of information display interface in hypermedia design (window-scroll versus frame-based) are perceived, manipulated, or processed identically by their users. The subjects of the study were 18 undergraduates with similar experience in the computer and content domain. A two-condition, independent subject design was employed using the presentation format as the independent variable. The dependent variables were the lesson completion time, accuracy rates, and times at which movement switched. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to analyze the data. The results show that the different display formats do not affect the subjects´ performance on any of the dependent variables analyzed. The study concludes by some suggestions for future study