The effect of network delay and media on user perceptions of web resources

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 427-439

  Jacko, Julie A ^a   Sears, Andrew ^b   Borella, Michael S ^c  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c 3COM Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER TERMINALS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PACKET NETWORKS; SERVERS;

NETWORK DELAY;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 0034334885     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014492900750052688     Document Type: Article

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