12 Oct 2004
CS 5244:
Patterns of Use
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Modes of web browsing
Tauscher
and Greenberg (1997):
nFirst time visit: new URLs observed
nRevisits: reading in depth (e.g., course notes), flicking to previous page(s)
nAuthoring of pages: reload heavily used
nUsing web-based
applications: form submissions
nHub-and-spoke: central page Þ specific page and back
nGuided Tour: Viewing a many-page article