Improving web search transparency by using a venn diagram interface

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 358, Issue , 2008, Pages 249-256

  Langer, Lars ^a   Frøkjær, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Google; Information search and retrieval8Venn diagram; Usability measure; User study; Visualization; Web search

Indexed keywords

GOOGLE; INFORMATION SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL8VENN DIAGRAM; USABILITY MEASURE; USER STUDY; WEB SEARCH;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SEARCH ENGINES; TRANSPARENCY; USER INTERFACES; VISUALIZATION;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 70049091837     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1463160.1463187     Document Type: Conference Paper

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