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The advantages of a cross-session web workspace

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Natalie Jhaveri,

Kari-Jouko RäihäAuthors Info & Claims

CHI EA '05: CHI '05 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 1949 - 1952

https://doi.org/10.1145/1056808.1057064

Published: 02 April 2005 Publication History

Abstract

Conducting research using the web is often an iterative process of collecting, comparing and contrasting information. Not surprisingly, web-based research tasks habitually span multiple web sessions and involve considerable web page revisitation. Such tasks are not only carried out by researchers, but also by casual web users who, for example, plan vacations and large purchases. Despite the prominence of this activity among web users, existing tools support it poorly. We propose an alternative approach, whereby web-based research tasks are facilitated by a web workspace which represents collected URLs with web page thumbnails. A prototype of our design was developed and studied in an evaluation with 12 participants. Each of the participants adopted the workspace approach instinctively: the workspace was used for web page revisitation, web page comparison, collection overview, cross-session task continuation, and continuous task focus.

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The advantages of a cross-session web workspace
1. Applied computing
  1. Document management and text processing
    1. Document preparation
      1. Multi / mixed media creation
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. HCI design and evaluation methods
    2. Interaction paradigms
      1. Graphical user interfaces
      2. Hypertext / hypermedia
  2. Interaction design
    1. Interaction design process and methods
      1. Interface design prototyping
      2. User centered design

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CHI EA '05: CHI '05 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

April 2005

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ISBN:1595930027

DOI:10.1145/1056808

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Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands
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