Accordion summarization for end-game browsing on PDAs and cellular phones
Published 1 March 2001
Orkut Buyukkokten, Héctor García-Molina, Andreas Paepcke
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A new browsing technique for devices with small displays such as PDAs or cellular phones that makes browsing more efficient and easier by Accordion Summarization, in which the Web page is first represented as a short summary and the user can drill down to discover relevant parts of the page.
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We demonstrate a new browsing technique for devices with small displays such as PDAs or cellular phones. We concentrate on end-game browsing, where the user is close to or on the target page. We make browsing more efficient and easier by Accordion Summarization. In this technique the Web page is first represented as a short summary. The user can then drill down to discover relevant parts of the page. If desired, keywords can be highlighted and exposed automatically. We discuss our techniques, architecture, interface facilities, and the result of user evaluations. We measured a 57% improvement in browsing speed and 75% reduction in input effort.
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