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Elaine G. Toms
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Examining the "affordances" in the Interaction of User and Text
出版University of Western Ontario, 1997
ISBN06122131969780612213197
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=l8LaAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋From this research we know that good browsing facilitators must prime the user. More interesting items were found when the system-generated list of articles was in use. When people browsed or searched over the same time period, the browsers examined more items and scanned more lists but spent more of their time reading the contents of articles than looking for articles to examine. Results supported the thesis that different combinations of tools are better suited to different tasks. Not surprisingly, browsing tasks were better performed in unstructured environments, while those doing a querying task did better with search tools and given the opportunity, always selected those tools. Of exploratory interest in the experiment was the use of landmarks or cues in the text itself during browsing. Qualitative evidence suggested that browsers used the text as a browsing facilitator to a significant extent. A noteworthy finding, of interest to the digital newspapers, was the preference of browsers for user-driven pathways. Finally, the study was guided by a model of browsing and its outcome suggests a Digital Browsing Instant. (Abstract shortened by UMI.).