Not quite the average: An empirical study of Web use

Harald Weinreich, Hartmut Obendorf, Eelco Herder, Matthias Mayer · TWEB · 2008

Summary

It is found that Web browsing is a rapid activity even for pages with substantial content, which calls for page designs that allow for cursory reading and characteristic usage patterns for different types of Web sites emphasize the need for more adaptive and customizable Web browsers.

Type: article
Published: 2008-02-01
Cited by: 271
References: 72
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/1326561.1326566
OpenAlex: https://openalex.org/W2077124362
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Keywords

Computer science, World Wide Web, Web navigation, Web page, Web design

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