Improving Interactions for Digital Browsing of Large Collections

浏览信息是人们如何找到所需知识的一个既定和基本的部分。然而，我们目前对浏览成功或失败的理解很差。这是因为我们的经验数据有限，而且直到最近，可用来创建关于人们实际查看什么以及何时查看的详细数据的技术非常有限。因此，数字浏览方法几乎普遍不如现实世界的同类方法。考虑到缺乏指导设计的基础理论，这并不令人惊讶。在创建了用户浏览行为的详细和系统的描述后，我们将创建新的设计，以加速发现信息，特别是创新工作。

Browsing for information is an established and fundamental part of how people find the knowledge that they need. However, our current understanding of how browsing succeeds or fails is poor. This is because we have limited empirical data, and until recently, the available technologies to create detailed data on what people actually look at and when were very limited. As a result, digital browsing methods have been almost universally inferior to real-world counterparts. Given the lack of fundamental theories to inform design, this is unsurprising. After creating a detailed and systematic account of user behaviour in browsing, we will create novel designs that will accelerate the discovery of information, particularly for innovative work.