WEST: a Web Browser for Small Terminals

Staffan Bjork; Lars Erik Holmquist; Johan Redstrom; Ivan Bretan; Rolf Danielsson; Jussi Karlgren; Kristofer Franzen

doi:10.1145/320719.322601

WEST: a Web Browser for Small Terminals

Staffan Bjork^*, Lars Erik Holmquist, Johan Redstrom, Ivan Bretan, Rolf Danielsson, Jussi Karlgren, Kristofer Franzen

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Abstract

We describe WEST, a WEb browser for Small Terminals, that aims to solve some of the problems associated with accessing web pages on hand-held devices. Through a novel combination of text reduction and focus+context visualization, users can access web pages from a very limited display environment, since the system will provide an overview of the contents of a web page even when it is too large to be displayed in its entirety. To make maximum use of the limited resources available on a typical hand-held terminal, return of the most demanding work is done by a proxy server, allowing the terminal to concentrate on the task of providing responsive user interaction. The system makes use of some interaction concepts reminiscent of those defined in the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), making it possible to utilize the techniques described here for WAP compliant devices and services that may become available in the near future.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	UIST '99 Proceedings of the 12th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
Publisher	ACM
Pages	187-196
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	1-58113-075-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/320719.322601
Publication status	Published - 7 Nov 1999
Externally published	Yes
Event	Proceedings of the 1999 12th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST '99) - Ashville, NC, USA Duration: 7 Nov 1999 → 10 Nov 1999

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Conference	Proceedings of the 1999 12th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST '99)
City	Ashville, NC, USA
Period	7/11/99 → 10/11/99

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Bjork, S, Holmquist, LE, Redstrom, J, Bretan, I, Danielsson, R, Karlgren, J & Franzen, K 1999, WEST: a Web Browser for Small Terminals. in UIST '99 Proceedings of the 12th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology. ACM, pp. 187-196, Proceedings of the 1999 12th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST '99), Ashville, NC, USA, 7/11/99. https://doi.org/10.1145/320719.322601

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