Designing product listing pages on e-commerce websites: An examination of presentation mode and information format

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 481-503

  Hong, Weiyin ^a   Thong, James Y L ^b   Tam, Kar Yan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PRODUCT DESIGN; USER INTERFACES;

DUAL CODING THEORY (DCT); PROXIMITY COMPATIBILITY PRINCIPLES (PCP); WEB INTERFACES;

WEBSITES;

EID: 4344572349     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2004.01.006     Document Type: Article

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