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| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | HT'10 - Proceedings of the 21st ACM Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia |
| Pages | 29-33 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Publication status | Published - 13 Jun 2010 |
| Event | 21st ACM Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia, HYPERTEXT 2010 - Toronto, ON, Canada Duration: 13 Jun 2010 → 16 Jun 2010 |
Publication series
| Name | HT'10 - Proceedings of the 21st ACM Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia |
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Abstract
Refinding information has been interwoven with web activity since its early beginning. Even though all common web browsers were equipped with a history list and bookmarks early enough to facilitate this need, most users typically use search engines to refind information. However, both bookmarks and search based tools have significant limitations that impact their usability: the former are known to be hard to manage over the course of time, whereas the latter require the user to recall a specific combination of keywords or context. Most importantly, though, both are particularly inappropriate in cases where a piece of information is contained within an unstructured web page. In this paper, we present in-context annotation as a more efficient alternative to these methodologies. To verify this claim, we conducted a study in which we compare the performance of experienced users in all three approaches while revisiting specific pieces of information in the web after a long period of time. The outcomes suggest that in-context annotation clearly outperforms both traditional strategies.
Keywords
- Evaluation, Information refinding, User study, Web annotation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Science(all)
- Artificial Intelligence
- Computer Science(all)
- Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
- Computer Science(all)
- Software
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HT'10 - Proceedings of the 21st ACM Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia. 2010. p. 29-33 (HT'10 - Proceedings of the 21st ACM Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia).
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T1 - The Impact of Bookmarks and Annotations on Refinding Information
AU - Kawase, Ricardo
AU - Papadakis, George
AU - Herder, Eelco
AU - Nejdl, Wolfgang
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