Interacting with hypertext: An experimental investigation of navigation tools

Electronic Commerce Research and Applications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-72

  Tung, Lai Lai ^a   Debreceny, Roger ^a   Chan, Ying Git ^b   Chan, Aaron Tuck Loon ^c   Le, Stephen Ee Boon ^d  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Beijing PricewaterhouseCoopers Management Consulting   (Singapore)

^c Ernst and Young   (Singapore)

^d Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Human computer interaction; Hypertext; Navigation tools; Productivity; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; PRODUCTIVITY; WEBSITES;

NAVIGATION TOOLS;

HYPERTEXT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037811543     PISSN: 15674223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-4223(03)00006-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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