HFWeb Proceedings (13 links)
Human Factors and the Web papers.
Measuring User Motivation from Server Log Files
http://www.microsoft.com/usability/webconf/fuller/fuller.htm
Measures of how much time users spend looking at a page proposed.
Rather than counting page hits, the authors calculate time between page access coming from each domain.
Topics:
Research (35),
Log Analysis (4)
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September 16, 1996
Examining World Wide Web Designs
http://www.microsoft.com/usability/webconf/zimmerman.htm
Pilot studies to test effectiveness of sites for education and information delivery.
Summarizes several education-oriented comparisons, such as gohper vs. Web and multimedia vs Web.
Topic:
Research (35)
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September 16, 1996
Signal Detection Analysis of WWW Search Engines
http://www.microsoft.com/usabi ... nf/schlichting/schlichting.htm
Comparison of several search engines.
The top 10 results of several keyword searches evaluated. Hits and misses reported, along with a sensitvity rating.
Topic:
Searching (15)
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September 16, 1996
Examples of Accessible (and Inaccessible) Web Design
http://www.microsoft.com/usability/webconf/lowney/lowney.htm
Lots of examples on letting every one reach your content.
Has examples for:
- every image should have good ALT text
- separate block of ALT text
- use simple ALT text for simple images
- proper use of image maps
- make link text descriptive but brief
- use link text that can stand alone
- provide good keyboard navigation
- provide alternatives to controls and applets
- provide alternatives to tables and frames
- don't assume your formatting will be seen
- don't require the use of style sheets
Topic:
Accessibility (19)
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September 16, 1996
http://zing.ncsl.nist.gov/hfweb/proceedings/tiller-green/index.html
http://zing.ncsl.nist.gov/hfwe ... edings/tiller-green/index.html
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http://zing.ncsl.nist.gov/hfweb/proceedings/sheppard/index.html
http://zing.ncsl.nist.gov/hfweb/proceedings/sheppard/index.html
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http://zing.ncsl.nist.gov/hfweb/proceedings/proceedings.en.html
http://zing.ncsl.nist.gov/hfweb/proceedings/proceedings.en.html
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http://zing.ncsl.nist.gov/hfweb/proceedings/navarro-prieto/index.html
http://zing.ncsl.nist.gov/hfwe ... ings/navarro-prieto/index.html
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http://zing.ncsl.nist.gov/hfweb/proceedings/meyers-jones/index.html
http://zing.ncsl.nist.gov/hfwe ... edings/meyers-jones/index.html
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http://zing.ncsl.nist.gov/hfweb/proceedings/marcus/index.html
http://zing.ncsl.nist.gov/hfweb/proceedings/marcus/index.html
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http://zing.ncsl.nist.gov/hfweb/proceedings/lynch/index.html
http://zing.ncsl.nist.gov/hfweb/proceedings/lynch/index.html
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http://zing.ncsl.nist.gov/hfweb/proceedings/etgen-cantor/index.html
http://zing.ncsl.nist.gov/hfwe ... edings/etgen-cantor/index.html
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http://zing.ncsl.nist.gov/hfweb/panel/panel.html
http://zing.ncsl.nist.gov/hfweb/panel/panel.html
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