Web Page Tailoring Tool for Mobile Devices

碩士 === 國立交通大學 === 資訊科學與工程研究所 === 94 === It is not uncommon to browse Web pages via mobile devices because of their popularity today. However, most Web pages were designed for desktop computers that are equipped with big screens. When browsing on the mobile devices, a user might have to scroll up and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chi-Yang Tsai, 蔡紀暘
Other Authors: Shyan-Ming Yuan
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2006
Online Access:http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/39973308768782226418
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Summary:碩士 === 國立交通大學 === 資訊科學與工程研究所 === 94 === It is not uncommon to browse Web pages via mobile devices because of their popularity today. However, most Web pages were designed for desktop computers that are equipped with big screens. When browsing on the mobile devices, a user might have to scroll up and down all the time to find the information they want simply because of the limited visible area, which is really not user-friendly at all. Although some famous websites have already provided additional condensed version of their content, it would be cumbersome to spend the time on maintaining multiple versions of the same content from the Web developers’ perspective. Besides, some commercial products choose to reformat Web pages to fit the screen width of mobile devices, thereby eliminating the need for horizontal scrolling. However, the result of reformatting Web pages doesn’t necessarily help the user a lot. Since the result page still contains the irrelevant information. On this basis, we propose a system to help users personalize Web pages. For example, a user can determine which blocks of content in a Web page should be retained when he/she browses that page on mobile devices. The sequence of those blocks can also be altered according to individual preferences.