A field study characterizing Web‐based information‐seeking tasks

M Kellar, C Watters, M Shepherd - Journal of the American …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
… As reported in a more detailed analysis of the use of the Web browser mechanism in this
study (Kellar et al., 2006b), a history function that better supports individual differences among …

Computers and iPhones and mobile phones, oh my! A logs-based comparison of search users on different devices

M Kamvar, M Kellar, R Patel, Y Xu - Proceedings of the 18th international …, 2009 - dl.acm.org
We present a logs-based comparison of search patterns across three platforms: computers,
iPhones and conventional mobile phones. Our goal is to understand how mobile search …

Empowering online advertisements by empowering viewers with the right to choose: the relative effectiveness of skippable video advertisements on YouTube

…, S Dorai-Raj, M Kellar… - Journal of …, 2012 - journalofadvertisingresearch.com
In 2010, YouTube introduced TrueView in-stream advertising—online video advertisements
that allowed the user to skip directly to the desired video content after five seconds of viewing…

A goal‐based classification of web information tasks

M Kellar, C Watters, M Shepherd - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
While researchers have been studying user activity on the Web since its inception, there
remains a lack of understanding of the high level tasks in which users engage on the Web. We …

An examination of daily information needs and sharing opportunities

D Dearman, M Kellar, KN Truong - … of the 2008 ACM conference on …, 2008 - dl.acm.org
A person often has highly context-sensitive information needs that require assistance from
individuals in their social network. However, a person's social network is often not broad …

The proximity factor: impact of distance on co-located collaboration

K Hawkey, M Kellar, D Reilly, T Whalen… - Proceedings of the 2005 …, 2005 - dl.acm.org
Groups collaborating around a large wall display can do so in a variety of arrangements,
positioning themselves at different distances from the display and from each other. We …

Extending the use of games in health care

…, A Abouzied, A Cox, M Kellar… - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Digital games have the ability to engage both children and adults alike. We are exploring
the use of games for children with long term treatment regimes, where motivation for …

Effect of task on time spent reading as an implicit measure of interest

M Kellar, C Watters, J Duffy… - Proceedings of the …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Information Filtering systems learn user preferences either through explicit or
implicit feedback. However, requiring users to explicitly rate items as part of the interface …

[PDF][PDF] Exploring display factors that influence co-located collaboration: angle, size, number, and user arrangement

K Inkpen, K Hawkey, M Kellar, R Mandryk… - Proc. HCI …, 2005 - people.ece.ubc.ca
With recent advances in display technologies, co-located collaborators now have a number
of viable options when choosing technology to incorporate into their face-to-face work …

An exploration of web-based monitoring: implications for design

M Kellar, C Watters, KM Inkpen - … of the SIGCHI conference on Human …, 2007 - dl.acm.org
Monitoring occurs when users return to previously viewed web pages to view new or updated
information. While tools exist to support web-based monitoring, we know little about the …