The influence of structure and reading-manipulation on usability of hypertexts

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-21

  Van Nimwegen, Christof ^a   Pouw, Miriam ^a   Van Oostendorp, Herre ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hypertext; Reading manipulation; Structure; Usability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005007910     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0953-5438(98)00052-6     Document Type: Article

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