?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Revealing+User+Behaviour+on+the+World-Wide+Web&rft.creator=de+Leon%2C+David&rft.creator=Hols%C3%A1nov%C3%A1%2C+Jana&rft.subject=Behavioral+Analysis&rft.description=This+paper+presents+the+results+of+a+qualitative+study+of+user+behaviour+on+the+World-Wide+Web.+Eight+participants+were+filmed+whilst+performing+user-defined+tasks+and+then+asked+to+review+the+video-taped+session+during+prompted+recall.+This+data+forms+the+basis+for+a+series+of+descriptions+of+user+behaviour+and+the+postulation+of+a+number+of+underlying+cognitive+mechanisms.+Our+results+indicate+that+people%3A+lack+ready+made+search+strategies%2C+prefer+alternatives+that+are+visible%2C+immediately+available+and+familiar%2C+choose+the+path+of+least+resistance%2C+exhibit+social+forms+of+behaviour%2C+engage+in+parallel+activities%2C+object+to+misleadingly+presented+information%2C+have+trouble+orienting%2C+are+late+in+using+appropriate+strategies%2C+are+sensitive+to+matters+of+time%2C+and+are+emotionally+involved+in+the+activity.+The+paper+ends+with+a+discussion+of+how+these+results+can+contribute+to+our+understanding+of+hypermedia.&rft.date=1997&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F758%2F3%2FLUCS60.pdf&rft.identifier=++de+Leon%2C+David+and+Hols%C3%A1nov%C3%A1%2C+Jana++(1997)+Revealing+User+Behaviour+on+the+World-Wide+Web.++%5BPreprint%5D++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F758%2F