A Proximity Indicator for e-Government: The Smallest Number of Clicks

Journal of E-Government

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 5-20

  Glassey, Olivier ^a   Glassey, Olivier François ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3 clicks rule; e Government; Evaluation; Portals; Proximity; Usability

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249133335     PISSN: 15424049     EISSN: 15424057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J399v01n04_02     Document Type: Article

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