FOOTSTEPS - TRAIL-BLAZING THE WEB

Authors
NICOL D SMEATON C SLATER AF
Citation
D. Nicol et al., FOOTSTEPS - TRAIL-BLAZING THE WEB, Computer networks and ISDN systems, 27(6), 1995, pp. 879-885
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Sciences","System Science",Telecommunications,"Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic","Computer Science Information Systems
Journal title
Computer networks and ISDN systems → ACNP
ISSN journal
01697552
Volume
27
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
879 - 885
Database
ISI
SICI code
0169-7552(1995)27:6<879:F-TTW>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The World-Wide Web has already been demonstrated to be an excellent me chanism for the distribution of educational resources. However, curren t browsers do not provide much support for users navigating the Web. T his is particularly true in cases where users follow a link from a pre viously prepared ''trail'' and then experience difficulties in returni ng to the point where they left. This paper describes a guided tour me chanism, known as Footsteps, which has been developed in an attempt to solve this problem.