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For mobile web documents, vertical scrolling offers better efficiency and user satisfaction than paging or internal links. Use scrolling for most content, but consider paging for very large documents.

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Area of Science:

  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Web Usability
  • Mobile Device Interfaces

Background:

  • Touchscreen mobile devices are prevalent for web access.
  • Optimizing content display for mobile usability is crucial.
  • Existing methods like paging and internal links may not be ideal for mobile web documents.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the usability of scrolling, paging, and internal links for displaying web documents on mobile devices.
  • To evaluate effectiveness, efficiency, and user satisfaction across different content distribution methods.
  • To provide evidence-based guidelines for mobile web content developers.

Main Methods:

  • An experiment was conducted with 23 participants on touchscreen mobile devices.
  • Participants were tasked with locating specific words within web documents.
  • Usability was measured using effectiveness, efficiency, and user satisfaction metrics.

Main Results:

  • Vertical scrolling demonstrated statistically significant improvements in efficiency and user satisfaction.
  • Scrolling also showed a trend towards higher effectiveness, though not statistically significant.
  • Paging and internal links were found to be less efficient and satisfying for mobile users.

Conclusions:

  • Vertical scrolling is recommended as the preferred method for displaying web content on mobile devices.
  • Paging should be reserved for exceptionally large content volumes where scrolling may become cumbersome.
  • The study proposes a new guideline to enhance mobile web usability for developers and institutions.