Of kings, traffic signs and flowers: exploring navigation of tagged documents

Many popular Web 2.0 sites support navigation of tagged web resources. The tag-based navigation has been described as a lightweight reorientation of view on tags and the associated web resources. But is this navigation really lightweight? This paper briefly presents an interface created to support navigation of tagged documents. The paper then describes a study that explored users’ understanding of the tag-based navigation process and the underlying information space. The results point to difficulties in promoting correct understanding of complex relationships between documents and tags and to the need for creating interfaces that support navigation continuity. Categories and Subject Descriptors H5.4. Information interfaces and presentation: Hypertext/Hypermedia: Navigation; H3.3. Information storage and retrieval: Information Search and Retrieval: Search process. General Terms Design, Human Factors. Keywords Tag clouds, Pivot browsing, Information Space Metaphors.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2010
• Where: HT
• Authors: Jacek Gwizdka
• Keywords: HT 2010, Internet Technology, Sites Support Navigation, Support Navigation, Tag-based Navigation