Menu Frame Placement for Optimal Web Navigation


Authors:
Blue_Swirl.gif (150 bytes) Gregory Gathman
Blue_Swirl.gif (150 bytes) Wyman Lee
Blue_Swirl.gif (150 bytes) Susan Nader
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Table of Contents

Credits
1. Introduction
2. Experiment
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References
Appendices

Abstract

The internet allows the user to have access to a tremendous amount of information.  Some web designers have found a way to have some organization for this information.  Frame sets provide the user with a constant menu bar  which in turn allows for both stability and convenience. Frames divide Web pages into multiple, scrollable regions - you can present information in a more flexible and useful fashion.

Frames may be  placed at the top and/or bottom, reading horizontally and/or vertically; or on the right and/or left sides of the screen, reading vertically. The question is where is the most efficient location for  the frame set?   

 



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