Elastic Windows: A Hierarchical Multi-Window World-Wide Web Browser
Elastic Windows: A Hierarchical Multi-Window World-Wide Web Browser
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1998-11-25
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Kandogan, Eser
Shneiderman, Ben
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Abstract
The World-Wide Web (WWW) is becoming an invaluable source for the
information needs of many users. However, current browsers are still
primitive, in that they do not support many of the navigation needs of
users, as indicated by user studies. They do not provide an overview
and a sense of location in the information structure being
browsed. Also they do not facilitate the organization and filtering of
information nor aid users in accessing already visited pages without
much cognitive demands. In this paper, a new browsing interface is
proposed with multiple hierarchical windows and efficient multiple
window operations. It provides a flexible organization where users can
quickly organize, filter, and restructure the information on the
screen as they reformulate their goals. Overviews can give the user a
sense of location in the browsing history as well as provide fast
access to a hierarchy of pages.