Parallel Browsing Behavior on the Web
Large-scale analysis of web browsing across multiple tabs.
Citation
Huang, J., & White, R. W. (2010). Parallel Browsing Behavior on the Web. Proceedings of the 21st ACM Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia, 13–18.
Method
Large-scale log analysis.
Claims used
- Parallel browsing is more common than linear browsing.
- Users switched tabs at least 57.4% of the time.
Extracted principles
- Links that preserve and add contextConditionally supported
Following a link should add context instead of replacing it, while preserving the reading trail in the URL.
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