Perspectives on Search User Interfaces: Best Practices and Future Visions

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

  1. Matt Jones1,
  2. George Buchanan2,
  3. Tzu-Chiang Cheng2,
  4. Preeti Jain2

Article first published online: 22 FEB 2006

DOI: 10.1002/asi.20304

Issue

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volume 57, Issue 6, pages 838–842, April 2006

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Jones, M., Buchanan, G., Cheng, T.-C., Jain, P. (2006), Changing the pace of search: Supporting “background” information seeking. J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci., 57: 838–842. doi: 10.1002/asi.20304

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Computer Science, University of Wales Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, United Kingdom

  2. 2

    Department of Computer Science, Private Bag 3105, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 24 MAR 2006
  2. Article first published online: 22 FEB 2006

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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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