The effects of link format and screen location on visual search of web pages

Ergonomics

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 907-921

  Ling, Jonathan ^a   Van Schaik, Paul ^a  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hyperlinks; Internet; Navigation; Usability; Visual research

Indexed keywords

INTRANETS; NAVIGATION; ONLINE SEARCHING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

HYPERLINKS; VISCUAL SEARCH;

WEBSITES;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; REACTION TIME; RELIABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOFTWARE DESIGN; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 3442881984     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130410001670417     Document Type: Article

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