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Changing the pace of search: Supporting “background” information seeking

✍ Scribed by Matt Jones; George Buchanan; Tzu-Chiang Cheng; Preeti Jain

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2006
Tongue
English
Weight
246 KB
Volume
57
Category
Article
ISSN
1532-2882

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Abstract

Almost all Web searches are carried out while the user is sitting at a conventional desktop computer connected to the Internet. Although online, handheld, mobile search offers new possibilities, the fast‐paced, focused style of interaction may not be appropriate for all user search needs. The authors explore an alternative, relaxed style for Web searching that asynchronously combines an offline handheld computer and an online desktop personal computer. They discuss the role and utility of such an approach, present a tool to meet these user needs, and discuss its relation to other systems.

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