Mobile web browsing: Usability study

Mobility Conference 2007 - The 4th Int. Conf. Mobile Technology, Applications and Systems, Mobility 2007, Incorporating the 1st Int. Symp. Computer Human Interaction in Mobile Technology, IS-CHI 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 187-194

  Shrestha, Sujan ^a  

^a BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

evaluation; internet; mobile usability; web browsing

Indexed keywords

INTERACTION PROBLEMS; LARGE SCREEN; MOBILE BROWSERS; MOBILE USABILITY; MOBILE WEB BROWSERS; MOBILE WEB BROWSING; SMALL-SCREEN DEVICES; USABILITY STUDIES; VOICE CALLS; WEB BROWSING; WEB PAGE;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; USABILITY ENGINEERING; WEBSITES;

WEB BROWSERS;

EID: 70349574773     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1378063.1378094     Document Type: Conference Paper

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