The effects of navigational orientation and user experience on user task efficiency and frustration levels

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 93-100

  Pratt, Jean A ^a   Mills, Robert J ^a   Kim, Yongseog ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypermedia; Hypertext; Navigation; User experience; Web design

Indexed keywords

HYPERMEDIA; USER EXPERIENCE; WEB DESIGNS;

COSTS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; HTML; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; NAVIGATION; PORTALS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

INTERNET;

EID: 4043160579     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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