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Title:
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A COMPARISON OF HIERARCHICAL AND LINEAR BROWSER BACK MENUS |
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Author(s):
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Daniel Orner , I. Scott Mackenzie |
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ISBN:
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972-8924-19-4 |
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Editors:
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Pedro Isaías, Miguel Baptista Nunes and Inmaculada J. Martínez |
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Year:
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2006 |
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Edition:
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V I, 2 |
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Keywords:
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Browser history, back menu, hierarchical menus. |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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119 |
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Last Page:
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126 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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The most common method to revisit web pages is the Back button; however, due to its stack-based nature, pages frequently "pop off" the stack, resulting in those pages being inaccessible from the Back menu. A user study was performed on three alternatives to the regular Back menu a recency list algorithm, and Histree and FamilyTree, two hierarchical algorithms. Results indicate that both FamilyTree and Recency have strengths and weaknesses. A combination of these two interfaces is suggested to incorporate some of their strengths. |
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