The effects of screen ratio and order on information retrieval in web pages

Displays

Volumn 24, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 187-195

  Van Schaik, Paul ^a   Ling, Jonathan ^a  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Golden section; Usability; Web

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); WEBSITES;

AESTHETICS; GOLDEN SECTION; USABILITY;

DISPLAY DEVICES;

EID: 1842539311     PISSN: 01419382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.displa.2004.01.005     Document Type: Article

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