MotoBrowser: Enjoyable Browsing Using Cellular Phones by "Motoring" Web Pages

Cellular phones are widely used to access the Web, however, it is inconvenient to browse large-sized pages designed for desktop PCs. Since cellular phones display only small part of a Web page, users easily get lost within the page while scrolling around. Even though pages are well structured by nat...

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Main Authors: Arase, Y., Hara, T., Uemukai, T., Nishio, S.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Cellular phones
Cities and towns
Conference management
Displays
Engineering management
Middleware
Mobile Web
Navigation
Roads
Traffic control
Web browsing
Web pages
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Summary:Cellular phones are widely used to access the Web, however, it is inconvenient to browse large-sized pages designed for desktop PCs. Since cellular phones display only small part of a Web page, users easily get lost within the page while scrolling around. Even though pages are well structured by nature, users cannot recognize it because visible portion is strictly limited. To smartly browse pages using cellular phones, navigation is essential. In this paper, we propose a novel Web browser that models browsing as motoring cities, by setting routes on Web pages and presenting traffic signs to navigate users. Users can follow routes by auto-scrolling without burdensome operations.
ISSN:1551-6245
2375-0324
DOI:10.1109/MDM.2009.58