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VISIGRAPP 2013: Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics -- Theory and Applications pp 69–84Cite as

An Interactive Visualization for Tabbed Browsing Behavior Analysis

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Web browsers are at the core of online user experience, enabling a wide range of Web applications, like communication, games, entertainment, development, etc. Additionally, given the variety and complexity of online-supported tasks, users have started parallelizing and organizing their online browser sessions by employing multiple browser windows and tabs. However, there are few solutions that support analysts and casual users in detecting and extracting patterns from these parallel browsing histories. In this paper we introduce WebComets, an interactive visualization for exploring multi-session multi-user parallel browsing logs. After highlighting visual and functional aspects of the system, we introduce a motif-based contextual search for enabling the filtering and comparison of user navigation patterns. We further highlight the functionality of WebComets with a use case. Our investigations suggest that parallel browser history visualization can offer better insight into user tabbed browsing behavior and support the recognition of online navigation patterns.

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  1. Computer Graphics and HCI Group, University of Kaiserslautern, P.O. Box 3049, 67653, Kaiserslautern, Germany

    Daniel Cernea, Igor Truderung & Achim Ebert

  2. Computer Science Department, ISOVIS Group, Linnaeus University, Vejdes Plats 7, 35195, Växjö, Sweden

    Daniel Cernea & Andreas Kerren

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  1. Università di Catania, Catania, Catania, Italy

    Sebastiano Battiato

  2. Inria/ZIRST, Saint Ismier, France

    Sabine Coquillart

  3. Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom

    Robert S. Laramee

  4. Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden

    Andreas Kerren

  5. Escola Superior de Tecnologia do IPS, Setúbal, Portugal

    José Braz

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Cernea, D., Truderung, I., Kerren, A., Ebert, A. (2014). An Interactive Visualization for Tabbed Browsing Behavior Analysis. In: Battiato, S., Coquillart, S., Laramee, R., Kerren, A., Braz, J. (eds) Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics -- Theory and Applications. VISIGRAPP 2013. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 458. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44911-0_5

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