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Creating a user-specific environment : the author implications
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posted on 2008-06-04, 11:26 authored by Jatinder Dhiensa, Colin Machin, Francesca Smith, Roger StoneOur empirical survey shows that users with visual impairments find the sheer
volume of information in typical web pages to be overwhelming and therefore sometimes
refrain from using the web. By developing the concept and use of the Essentiality and
Proficiency Tool we allow the user to personalise the content they view with the level of
essentiality specified by both the author and the user. Hence in this paper we explore one
method of rating essentiality and the application of the essentiality levels to web content.
The author is given the task of ensuring that the most essential content is relayed to the user
given the user's preferences for volume. We present one such example of the author rating
the content and the implications. The tool allows the user to personalise content based upon
how much information is required or acceptable, by selecting a band of 'essentialities', the
user's 'proficiency'. This is then matched with how ‘essential’ the designer feels are various
areas of the content. Together this collaborative importance rating determines the
presentation of the content. Hence the importance of this tool lies in the collaboration of the
essentiality level set by both the author and the user, resulting in just the right amount of
content (determined by the user) conveying just the right amount of detail (determined by the author).
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DHIENSA, J. ... et al, 2006. Creating a user-specific environment: the author implications. IN: Isaias, P., Nunes, M.B. and Martinez, I.J. (eds). Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference, WWW/Internet 2006, Murcia, Spain. IADIS Press, pp. 235-242Publisher
© International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS)Publication date
2008Notes
This is a conference paper. Further details about the conference are available at: http://www.iadis.org/icwi2006/ISBN
9728924194Language
- en