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Browsing is a matter of visual scanning, "where the person's body or eyes move smoothly at will". If we imagine literally doing what this clause says, then we visualize the proverbial fur-trapper or scout in the woods or on the edge of a meadow, shading his eyes with a flattened hand held perpendicularly out from the forehead and rotating the head from one side to the other in a smooth scan of the environment. (source: What is browsing— really?A model drawing from behavioural science research, http://informationr.net/ir/12-4/paper330.html). | Browsing is a matter of visual scanning, "where the person's body or eyes move smoothly at will". If we imagine literally doing what this clause says, then we visualize the proverbial fur-trapper or scout in the woods or on the edge of a meadow, shading his eyes with a flattened hand held perpendicularly out from the forehead and rotating the head from one side to the other in a smooth scan of the environment. (source: What is browsing— really?A model drawing from behavioural science research, http://informationr.net/ir/12-4/paper330.html). | ||
browsing can be seen to contain four elements: | browsing can be seen to contain four elements:<br> | ||
1. glimpsing a field of vision;<br> | 1. glimpsing a field of vision;<br> | ||
2. selecting or sampling a physical or representational object from the field;<br> | 2. selecting or sampling a physical or representational object from the field;<br> | ||
3. examining the object; and<br> | 3. examining the object; and<br> | ||
4. physically or conceptually acquiring the examined object, or abandoning it.<br> | 4. physically or conceptually acquiring the examined object, or abandoning it.<br> | ||
Latest revision as of 11:23, 6 May 2009
Browsing is a matter of visual scanning, "where the person's body or eyes move smoothly at will". If we imagine literally doing what this clause says, then we visualize the proverbial fur-trapper or scout in the woods or on the edge of a meadow, shading his eyes with a flattened hand held perpendicularly out from the forehead and rotating the head from one side to the other in a smooth scan of the environment. (source: What is browsing— really?A model drawing from behavioural science research, http://informationr.net/ir/12-4/paper330.html).
browsing can be seen to contain four elements:
1. glimpsing a field of vision;
2. selecting or sampling a physical or representational object from the field;
3. examining the object; and
4. physically or conceptually acquiring the examined object, or abandoning it.