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Contextualizing the blogosphere: A comparison of traditional and novel user interfaces for the web

Laqua, S; Ogbechie, N; Sasse, MA; (2007) Contextualizing the blogosphere: A comparison of traditional and novel user interfaces for the web. In: Green open access

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Abstract

In this paper, we investigate how contextual user interfaces affect blog reading experience. Based on a review of previous research, we argue why and how contextualization may result in (H1) enhanced blog reading experiences. In an eyetracking experiment, we tested 3 different web-based user interfaces for information spaces. The StarTree interface (by Inxight) and the Focus-Metaphor interface are compared with a standard blog interface. Information tasks have been used to evaluate and compare task performance and user satisfaction between these three interfaces. We found that both contextual user interfaces clearly outperformed the traditional blog interface, both in terms of task performance as well as user satisfaction. © 2007 Laqua, S., Ogbechie, N. and Sasse, M. A.

Type: Proceedings paper
Title: Contextualizing the blogosphere: A comparison of traditional and novel user interfaces for the web
ISBN-13: 9781902505954
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.14236/ewic/hci2007.61
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/20335
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