Influence of spatial ability in navigation: using look-ahead breadcrumbs on The Web

International Journal of Web Based Communities

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 183-196

  Ahmed, Ishtiaq ^a   Blustein, James ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

hypertext navigation; information space; information visualisation; breadcrumbs; spatial ability

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649095497     PISSN: 14778394     EISSN: 17418216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2006.010309     Document Type: Article

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