Comparing table views for small devices

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2007

Reading the contents of Web page with a small-screen device, such as a PDA or cell-phone, is still far from being a pleasant experience. Owing to the device limitations, current mobile browsers cannot handle all HTML tags, such as tables, for instance. Thus, most mobile browsers provide a linearized version of the source HTML page, leading to a large amount of scrolling, not to mention the difficulty in finding the desired content. The main contribution of this work is to propose an architecture for adapting web page on small-screen devices. Among the features that our architecture offers, we can cite on-the-fly Web page adaptation and customization according to the user and device characteristics; text summarization; page blocks identification and content mapping to easy the task of locating user interests.

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2004

With network and small screen device improvements, such as wireless abilities, increased memory and CPU speeds, users are no longer limited by location when accessing on-line information. We are interested in studying the effect of users switching from a large screen device, such as a desktop or laptop to use the same web page on a small device, in this case a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant). We discuss three common transformation approaches for display of web pages on the small screen: Direct Migration, Linear and Overview. We introduce a new Overview method, called the Gateway, for use on the small screen that exploits a user's familiarity of a web page. The users in an initial study prefer using the Gateway and Direct Migration approach for web pages previously used on the large screen, despite the common Linear approach used by many web sites.

2001

While it is generally accepted that new Internet terminals should leverage the installed base of Web content and services, the differences between desktop computers and very small devices makes this challenging. Indeed, the browser interaction model has evolved on desktop computers having a unique combination of user interface (large display, keyboard, pointing device), hardware, and networking capabilities. In contrast, Internet enabled cell phones, typically with 3-10 lines of text, sacrifice usability as Web terminals in favor of portability and other functions. Based on our earlier experiences building and using a Web browser for small devices we propose a new UI that splits apart the integrated activities of link following and reading into separate modes: navigating to; and acting on web content. This interaction technique for very small devices is both simpler for navigating and allows users to do more than just read. The M-Links system incorporates modal browsing interaction and addresses a number of associated problems. We have built our system with an emphasis on simplicity and user extensibility and describe the design, implementation and evolution of the user interface.

Proceedings of the …, 2006

1999

Soon many people will retrieve information from the Web using handheld, palmsized or even smaller computers. Although these computers have dramatically increased in sophistication, their display size is—and will remain—much smaller than their conventional, desktop counterparts. Currently, browsers for these devices present Web pages without taking account of the very different display capabilities.

International Journal of Information Technology and Computer Science, 2014

Mobile web browsing usually becomes timeconsuming since currently it requires horizontal and vertical scrolling in addition to this, users interested in only a section of a web page are often burdened with cumbersome whole web pages that not only do not properly fit their mobile screens but also require a lot of delivery time. This problem can be addressed and resolved with the help of a mobile web content adaptation system. Existing web content adaptation systems focus on resizing contents to fit a mobile device and removing unnecessary contents from the adapted web page. This paper's aim is to address the gap by proposing the TreeAdapt which provides a condensed view of an adapted web page. This condensed view consists of only block headers which users can then expand for complete content. In order to achieve this, the proposed algorithm will first categorize an HTML object as menu, block title or the main content. A depth-first traversal algorithm is then used to select the sequence of blocks to be displayed on a mobile device. Usability studies were performed to evaluate the usability of the adapted contents against other deployed systems. Results from the usability studies indicate that the adapted contents produced by the proposed techniques enabled users to locate targeted information within a web page in a shorter span of time.

International Journal of …, 2010

The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge, and Society: Annual Review, 2013

Mobile phone users increasingly browse and search the Internet on their handsets. They want rich and diverse content made for the desktop to be equally accessible on their mobile devices. Thus, there is a need for automatic, on-thefly, transformation of existing web content for mobile formats. However, mobile devices are restricted in their capabilities, user preferences, and network bandwidth. Although mobile devices typically require specially designed formats for optimal usability, it is not likely that all information available on the web can be translated into this format in advance. In addition, users of mobile devices may need different information in different contexts. Many adaptation techniques have been proposed to statically or dynamically modify the content of web pages for mobile phones. While useful, none of them has been designed to consider accessibility guidelines and content usability. This research project explored content adaptation for mobile phones from the HCI and accessibility guidelines perspectives. The content adaptation system is based upon customized templates that adapt content on-the-fly while also accommodating standard accessibility and HCI guidelines.

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2005

Web browsing using hand-held devices is becoming more common. But the relatively small display area of hand-held devices, compared to desktop computers, requires that Web pages designed for desktops are adapted to suit hand-held devices for convenient browsing. Web page adaptation techniques for hand-held devices takes into account device's screen size, limited bandwidth and input capabilities. Although several techniques have been proposed to adapt Web pages for smaller screen, each of them is better suited for specific scenarios and requirements. Hence a better understanding of the features and limitations of these techniques are required for successful development of Web pages for mobile devices. This paper presents a concise overview and comparative evaluation of the state-of-the-art of the techniques for adapting Web pages for hand-held devices.

2019

Information in small packages 3 Perspectives Making the web more mobile Stéphane Boyera Feature 4 The mobile resource kit