The matters that really matter for hypertext usability

Proceedings of the 2nd Annual ACM Conference on Hypertext, HYPERTEXT 1989

Volumn , Issue , 1989, Pages 239-248

  Nielsen, Jakob ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

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BENCHMARK MEASUREMENTS;

HYPERTEXT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84989570809     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/74224.74244     Document Type: Conference Paper

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