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WaveLens: A New View onto Internet Search Results (2004)
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| Venue: | Proceedings on the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems |
| Citations: | 27 - 0 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Paek04wavelens:a,
author = {Tim Paek and Susan Dumais and Ron Logan},
title = {WaveLens: A New View onto Internet Search Results},
booktitle = {Proceedings on the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
year = {2004},
pages = {727--734},
publisher = {ACM Press}
}
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Abstract
Internet search results are typically displayed as a list conforming to a static style sheet. The difficulty of perusing this list can be exacerbated when screen real estate is limited. When space is limited, either, few results are seen, or result descriptions are abbreviated, making it difficult to know whether to follow a particular web link. In this paper, we describe “WaveLens, ” a dynamic layout technique for displaying search results, which addresses these issues by combining a fisheye lens with progressive exposure of page content. Results from a usability study showed that participants performed faster and more accurately on a search task with one of two distinct parameter settings of WaveLens as compared to the typical static list. In a post-hoc questionnaire, participants favored that setting over both the static list and another setting which involved animated zoom. We discuss design implications for the retrieval and display of search results. Author Keywords Information retrieval, information visualization, user interface
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internet search result new view search result search task author keywords information retrieval design implication result description animated zoom distinct parameter setting particular web link typical static list user interface information visualization progressive exposure usability study post-hoc questionnaire dynamic layout technique static list screen real estate static style sheet page content
