The Effects of the Browser History Mechanisms on the Web Navigation

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dc.contributor.authorNadeem,Tameren_US
dc.contributor.authorKillam, Billen_US
dc.date.accessioned2004-05-31T21:09:30Z
dc.date.available2004-05-31T21:09:30Z
dc.date.created2001-07en_US
dc.date.issued2001-09-05en_US
dc.description.abstractFinding a previously visited page during web navigation is a very common and important process. Although most commercial browsers incorporate a history mechanism, when accessing pages that were recently visited users still rely mainly on the "Back" button. In this we studied the effectiveness of visually enhanced history browser mechanisms on web navigation. We used three different history mechanisms as the experiment treatments. Twenty-one college students were the subjects of the experimental trials. With a between subject design, three experimental groups were equally divided according to subject profiles. Users read and completed the given scenario. A quiz was given to measure user performance on the tested mechanism. At the end of the quiz, a subjective questionnaire was given to measure user satisfaction. The results showed that there is a significant statistical difference among the three mechanisms. The more visually enhanced history mechanism proved to be more effective in web browsing.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/523
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtTech Reports in Computer Science and Engineeringen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtComputer Science Department Technical Reportsen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesUM Computer Science Department; CS-TR-4269en_US
dc.titleThe Effects of the Browser History Mechanisms on the Web Navigationen_US
dc.typeTechnical Reporten_US

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