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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/MDM.2009.58