Efficient and effective information finding on small screen devices

The use of handheld devices to access the World Wide Web has been increased significantly in recent years. It is time consuming to seek information when desktop-oriented webpages that contain tons of information are squeezed to be displayed on a handheld device. Therefore, presenting useful information in an efficient and effective way on pocket-sized mobile devices is very significant especially in the coming outbreak of mobile Internet era. We propose a content model to represent the relationships between semantic elements on webpages. From the model we generate different adaptations for people with different needs. Our objective is to discover author's intention of webpages by analyzing the relationships of semantic elements on webpages and to provide various adaptations for efficient and effective Web browsing and information seeking on pocket-sized mobile devices. Experiments show that the adapted versions improve efficiency and effectiveness for information seeking on pocket-sized mobile devices in general.