• DocumentCode
    2143998
  • Title

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

  • Author

    Arase, Yuki ; Hara, Takahiro ; Uemukai, Toshiaki ; Nishio, Shojiro

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Multimedia Eng., Osaka Univ, Suita
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    18-20 May 2009
  • Firstpage
    373
  • Lastpage
    374
  • Abstract
    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.
  • Keywords
    Web sites; cellular radio; information retrieval; mobile computing; online front-ends; user interfaces; MotoBrowser interface; Web browser; Web page access; Web page browsing; cellular phone; desktop PC; motoring city traffic sign; Cellular phones; Cities and towns; Conference management; Displays; Engineering management; Middleware; Navigation; Roads; Traffic control; Web pages; Mobile Web; Web browsing; cellular phones;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Mobile Data Management: Systems, Services and Middleware, 2009. MDM '09. Tenth International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Taipei
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4153-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-0-7695-3650-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MDM.2009.58
  • Filename
    5088965