Intermediate and Post-Session Web Page Revisitation Techniques and Tools.
JHAVERI, NATALIE (2004)
2004
Vuorovaikutteinen teknologia - Interactive Technology
Informaatiotieteiden tiedekunta - Faculty of Information Sciences
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2004-10-28
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http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:uta-1-13543
http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:uta-1-13543
Tiivistelmä
Hakutermit:
web page revisitation, information workspace
Web page revisitation, the most commonly performed activity in web navigation, is the primary concern of this thesis. This subject is subdivided into two categories, intermediate revisitation, which occurs during the web browsing session and postsession revisitation, which takes place at some point after the session of initial visitation. The strategies and existing facilities belonging to each are discussed in detail.
A questionnaire assessing the post-session revisitation techniques of less experienced web users was conducted and the results were compared with previously reported techniques of experienced web users. The varied approaches of facilitating revisitation, coupled with the shortcomings of existing tools, motivate the design of our prototype revisitation tool, Session Highlights. The design of this tool is presented along with the results of an observational user study in which five participants carried out a web-based research task using the tool. The participants expressed great fondness for the tool’s visual representation of URLs and for the availability of such a web workspace. Moreover, when carrying out their task, they were instantly able to use the tool efficiently and effectively to address their intermediate and post-session revisitation needs. Based on the observations and subjective results of the study, design improvements and subsequent features for Session Highlights are established.
web page revisitation, information workspace
Web page revisitation, the most commonly performed activity in web navigation, is the primary concern of this thesis. This subject is subdivided into two categories, intermediate revisitation, which occurs during the web browsing session and postsession revisitation, which takes place at some point after the session of initial visitation. The strategies and existing facilities belonging to each are discussed in detail.
A questionnaire assessing the post-session revisitation techniques of less experienced web users was conducted and the results were compared with previously reported techniques of experienced web users. The varied approaches of facilitating revisitation, coupled with the shortcomings of existing tools, motivate the design of our prototype revisitation tool, Session Highlights. The design of this tool is presented along with the results of an observational user study in which five participants carried out a web-based research task using the tool. The participants expressed great fondness for the tool’s visual representation of URLs and for the availability of such a web workspace. Moreover, when carrying out their task, they were instantly able to use the tool efficiently and effectively to address their intermediate and post-session revisitation needs. Based on the observations and subjective results of the study, design improvements and subsequent features for Session Highlights are established.