The Enhanced Restricted Focus Viewer

The Enhanced Restricted Focus Viewer

The Enhanced Restricted Focus Viewer (ERFV) is a unique software tool for tracking the visual attention of users in hyperlinked environments, such as Web sites. The software collects data, such as mouse clicks along with the path of users' visual attention, as they browse a site. Unlike traditi...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of human-computer interaction 2005-09, Vol.19 (1), p.35-54
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