Document Type
Article
Date
8-14-1992
Keywords
User/Machine Systems, User Interfaces
Disciplines
Library and Information Science
Description/Abstract
The paper describes a descriptive study of the functional components of browsing, which is viewed as the strategic and adaptive technique that people use to search, scan, navigate through, skim, sample, and explore information systems. Data on browsing is collected from thirty participants -- ten each in three browsing formats: print, command-driven computer version, and hypertext window-environment version. Data collection is by means of several techniques: the collection of thinking-out-loud, task-concurrent protocols; open-question interviews during the task; observation; and video and sound recording. The aim of analysis is to describe functions of browsing such as: orientation, place-marking, transition, comparison, identification, and resolution of anomalies, and the relationships among these functions.
Recommended Citation
Kwasnik, Barbara H., "A Descriptive Study of the Functional Components of Browsing." (1992). School of Information Studies - Faculty Scholarship. 142.
https://surface.syr.edu/istpub/142
Creative Commons License
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Additional Information
“The downloadable article is the final manuscript of the published article in the Proceedings of the IFIP TC2/WG2.7 Working conference on Engineering for Human Computer Interaction. All rights reserved to the author, Kwasnik, Barbara. The article is under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Licenses. ”