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Stanyer, Dominic and Procter, Rob (1999) Human factors and the WWW : making sense of URLs. In: IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Edinburgh, UK, 30 Aug-3 Sep 1999. Published in: Human-computer interaction : Interact '99 : IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, 30th August-3rd September 1999, Edinburgh, UK pp. 59-60. ISBN 1902505190.
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Abstract
We present a study of how WWW users ‘make sense’ of URLs. Experiments were used to investigate
users’ capacity to employ the URL as a surrogate for the resource to which it refers. The results show that users
can infer useful information from URLs, but that such improvisation has shortcomings as a navigation aid.
| Item Type: | Conference Item (Paper) | ||||
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| Alternative Title: | Human factors and the World Wide Web : making sense of URLs | ||||
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Electronic computers. Computer science. Computer software |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Computer Science | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | World Wide Web , World Wide Web -- Research, Web sites , Internet -- Social aspects, Internet addresses , Navigation -- Research | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Human-computer interaction : Interact '99 : IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, 30th August-3rd September 1999, Edinburgh, UK | ||||
| Publisher: | British Computer Society on behalf of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) | ||||
| ISBN: | 1902505190 | ||||
| Official Date: | September 1999 | ||||
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| Page Range: | pp. 59-60 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Conference Paper Type: | Paper | ||||
| Title of Event: | IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction | ||||
| Type of Event: | Conference | ||||
| Location of Event: | Edinburgh, UK | ||||
| Date(s) of Event: | 30 Aug-3 Sep 1999 |
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