Title: Automatic Generation of Research Trails in Web History
Authors: Elin Rønby Pedersen, Karl Gyllstrom, Shengyin Gu, and Peter Jin Hong
Venue: IUI 2010, Hong Kong, China
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Summary:
This paper talks about keeping track of research trails in our web history. This is very similar keeping bookmarks or just viewing your web history but this takes it a step further. The explanation for this was just by simply viewing a bookmark or something in our web history does not tell us exactly how we got there which could be important if we are doing research. While doing research we can dig and dig and soon lose track of how we got to a certain site.
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| Maybe something will be implemented to be accessible like the bookmarks tab |
This application uses algorithms to basically show us our browser history but in the form of a trail so we know what was previously viewed. The authors expressed satisfaction in the direction the project is heading and expect to add more features.
Discussion:
This is actually a very useful idea because I can remember countless times I have been browsing and totally forgotten where I started and wish I did. I've also bookmarked certain pages and sometimes wondered why I did so. If I had a question about a bookmark I could maybe view the path that led to that bookmark if one exists and it could help me answer the question. This would be really cool to see in action.
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