The influence of line spacing and text alignment on visual search of web pages

Displays

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 60-67

  Ling, Jonathan ^a   van Schaik, Paul ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alignment; Line spacing; Text presentation; Usability; Web

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS); TEXT PROCESSING; WEBSITES;

ALIGNMENTS; LINE SPACING; TEXT PRESENTATION;

ONLINE SEARCHING;

EID: 34249999682     PISSN: 01419382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.displa.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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