Users' mouse/cursor movements in two web-based library catalogue interfaces.

Screen-capture files of 40 subjects interacting with two university Web-based library catalogue interfaces are analysed to identify basic mouse/cursor movements that indicate usability issues. The possible explanations of the behaviour are described from cognitive and mental model perspectives. This...

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Main Author: Chee, Dexter Siang Lin.
Other Authors: Khoo, Christopher Soo Guan
Format: Theses and Dissertations
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/1791
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
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Summary:Screen-capture files of 40 subjects interacting with two university Web-based library catalogue interfaces are analysed to identify basic mouse/cursor movements that indicate usability issues. The possible explanations of the behaviour are described from cognitive and mental model perspectives. This study seeks to observe the mouse/cursor movements and find out the cognitive reasons for such behaviours.