Facilitating browsing with information visualization: Is animation a powerful scent?

• Main Author: Taylor, Stella
• Format: Dissertation
• Language: English
• Published: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 01.01.2009
• Subjects: Algorithms; Animation; Clustering; Computer science; Data mining; Datasets; Designers; Dictionaries; Efficiency; Hypotheses; Information overload; Information science; Information sources; Information systems; Internet; Knowledge; Management; Memory; Parents & parenting; Queries; Research methodology; Search engines; Senses; Studies; Usability; Virtual communities; Visualization; Websites
• ISBN: 1109215940; 9781109215946

Search engines make vast amounts of information available to Internet users. Two types of tasks users engage in using search engines are closed-ended and open-ended. For closed-ended tasks, individuals have narrow objectives that require finding specific results. For open-ended tasks, individuals on...