Map, diagram, and web page navigation on mobile devices: The effectiveness of zoomable user interfaces with overviews

MobileHCI 2008 - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 147-156

  Burigat, Stefano ^a   Chittaro, Luca ^a   Parlato, Edoardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Experimental evaluation; Mobile interaction; Overview detail interfaces; Small screen devices; Zoomable user interfaces

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; INFORMATION SPACES; LARGE INFORMATION SPACES; MOBILE INTERACTION; SEARCH TASKS; SEMANTIC INFORMATIONS; SMALL-SCREEN DEVICES; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY; USER NAVIGATIONS; WEB PAGES; WIRE-FRAME VISUALIZATIONS; ZOOMABLE USER INTERFACES;

COMPUTERS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION THEORY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MOBILE COMPUTING; MOBILE DEVICES; NAVIGATION; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; SEMANTICS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 65449182805     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1409240.1409257     Document Type: Conference Paper

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