• DocumentCode
    2479243
  • Title

    A Web-based study of user performance with enhanced local navigational cues

  • Author

    Mobrand, Kathryn A. ; Spyridakis, Jan H.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Washington, Vashon, WA, USA
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2002
  • Firstpage
    500
  • Lastpage
    508
  • Abstract
    The goal of this study was to contribute to the body of empirical research on how users comprehend expository information presented in hypertext documents on the Web, to help authors find methods for enhancing user comprehension and perceptions of use, and to look specifically at the effect of local navigational cues in hypertext documents using a Web-based methodology. Subjects participated in this study remotely. Preliminary results indicate effects for navigational cues on comprehension as well as correlations between several user characteristics and performance.
  • Keywords
    hypermedia; information resources; information retrieval; information use; technical presentation; Web hypertext documents; enhanced local navigational cues; expository information comprehension; use perceptions; user performance; Degradation; Guidelines; Humans; Hypertext systems; Labeling; Navigation; Reflection; Vehicles;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Professional Communication Conference, 2002. IPCC 2002. Proceedings. IEEE International
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7591-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCC.2002.1049134
  • Filename
    1049134