Multitasking bar: Prototype and evaluation of introducing the task concept into a browser

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 103-112

  Wang, Qing ^a   Chang, Huiyou ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

browser; multiple sessions task; multitasking; revisitation; tasks

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT; MULTIPLE SESSIONS TASK; MULTIPLE TASKS; PILOT SURVEYS; REVISITATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TASK SCHEDULE; USER EXPERIENCE; USER PERFORMANCE; WEB PAGE; WEB USERS;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

MULTITASKING;

EID: 77953974686     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1753326.1753343     Document Type: Conference Paper

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