Saul Greenberg

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Trace files should only be used after obtaining written permission by Saul Greenberg. Trace files are copyrighted by: 

    Saul Greenberg and Linda Tauscher
    Dept of Computer Science
    University of Calgary
    Calgary, Alberta, Canada


This data was collected by Linda Tauscher as part of her MSc thesis. It is not to be used without direct permission of Saul Greenberg. Further descriptions of this data and its use are found at http://grouplab.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/papers/ :

  • Tauscher, L. and Greenberg, S. (1997). How People Revisit Web Pages: Empirical Findings and Implications for the Design of History Systems. International Journal of Human Computer Studies, Special issue on World Wide Web Usability, 47(1), p97-138. Academic Press.
  • Tauscher, L. (1996) Evaluating History Mechanisms: An Empirical Study of Reuse Patterns in WWW Navigation. Master's thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June.

Contents

logfiles_UofC_sorted

  • Contains the 19 logfiles generated by University of Calgary participants. The data is sorted in time order.

logfiles_UofC_unsorted

  • Contains the 19 logfiles generated by University of Calgary participants. The data is sorted in order of:
    • machine id, process id
    • window number
    • time

For some analyses, this sort order is necessary because it partitions the data according to the machine the browser is running, and the particular browser window.

Data structure

Field layouts

The fields recorded for the two main record types are listed below

GUI_LOG

  • time
  • machine name:process id
  • user id
  • window number
  • event/action path
  • same/new window
  • final action
  • url of page navigated to
  • title of page navigated to

GUI_LOG_CUSTOM

  • time
  • machine name:process id
  • user id
  • window number
  • event/action path
  • same/new window
  • final action
  • url modified; filename; email address
  • title

Actions Recorded

The final actions and event/action path recorded: same/new window cominbations recorded during logging.

Back 

        Menu/Navigate/Back--Same_Window
        Keyboard/Navigate/Back--Same_Window

Binary_Transfer 

        Mouse/Document/Anchor--Same_Window

Clear_Global_History 

        Menu/Options/Clear_Global_History--Same_Window

Clone_Window 

        Menu/File/Clone_Window--New_Window
        Keyboard/File/Clone_Window--New_Window

Close_Window 

        Menu/File/Close_Window--Same_Window
        Keyboard/File/Close_Window--Same_Window

Exit 

        Menu/File/Exit_Program--Same_Window

External_Viewer 

        Mouse/Document/Anchor--Same_Window

Forward 

        Menu/Navigate/Forward--Same_Window
        Keyboard/Navigate/Forward--Same_Window

Help 

        Menu/Annotate/Annotate/Dialog--New_Window
        Menu/Annotate/Audio_Annotate/Dialog--New_Window
        Menu/File/CCI/Dialog--New_Window
        Menu/File/Open_URL/Dialog--New_Window
        Menu/File/Mail_To/Dialog--New_Window
        Menu/File/Print/Dialog--New_Window
        Menu/File/View_Source/Dialog--New_Window
        Menu/File/Find_In_Current/Dialog--New_Window
        Menu/Help/Demo--New_Window
        Menu/Help/Manual--New_Window
        Menu/Help/About--New_Window
        Menu/Help/On_Window--New_Window
        Menu/Help/What's_New--New_Window
        Menu/Help/On_Version_2.6--New_Window
        Menu/Help/On_FAQ--New_Window
        Menu/Help/On_HTML--New_Window
        Menu/Help/On_URL--New_Window
        Menu/News/Post/Dialog--New_Window
        Menu/News/Follow_Up/Dialog--New_Window
        Menu/Navigate/Window_History/Dialog/Mail/Dialog--New_Window
        Menu/Navigate/Window_History/Dialog--New_Window
        Menu/Navigate/Hotlist/Dialog/Edit_Or_Insert/Dialog--New_Window
        Menu/Navigate/Hotlist/Dialog/Mail_To/Dialog--New_Window
        Menu/Navigate/Hotlist/Dialog--New_Window
        Menu/Help/Mail_Tech_Support/Dialog--New_Window

Home_Document 

        Menu/Navigate/Home_Document--Same_Window

Hotlist_Add 

        Menu/Navigate/Add_Current--Same_Window
        Menu/Navigate/Hotlist/Dialog--Same_Window

Hotlist_Delete 

        Menu/Navigate/Hotlist/Dialog--Same_Window

Hotlist_Edit 

        Menu/Navigate/Hotlist/Dialog--Same_Window

Hotlist_Insert 

        Menu/Navigate/Hotlist/Dialog--Same_Window

Hotlist_Load 

        Menu/Navigate/Hotlist/Dialog--Same_Window

Hotlist_Save 

        Menu/Navigate/Hotlist/Dialog--Same_Window

Interrupt 

        Mouse/Button/Interrupt--Same_Window

Mail_To 

        Menu/Navigate/Window_History/Dialog--Same_Window

Mosaic_Comment 

        Menu/Help/Comment_Card--New_Window

New_Window 

        Mouse/Button/New_Window--New_Window
        Menu/File/New_Window--New_Window
        Keyboard/File/New_Window--New_Window

News_Index 

        Menu/News/Index--Same_Window

News_List_Groups 

        Menu/News/List_Groups--Same_Window

News_Next 

        Menu/News/Next--Same_Window
        Keyboard/News/Next--Same_Window

News_Next_Thread 

        Menu/News/Next_Thread--Same_Window
        Keyboard/News/Next_Thread--Same_Window

News_Prev 

        Menu/News/Prev--Same_Window
        Keyboard/News/Prev--Same_Window

News_Prev_Thread 

        Menu/News/Prev_Thread--Same_Window
        Keyboard/News/Prev_Thread--Same_Window

Open_Local 

        Menu/File/Open_Local--Same_Window

Open_URL 

        CCI/Get--Same_Window
        CCI/Get--New_Window
        Menu/File/Open_URL--Same_Window
        Menu/Navigate/Internet_Starting_Points--Same_Window
        Menu/Navigate/Internet_Resources_Meta-Index--Same_Window
        Menu/Documents--Same_Window
        Keyboard/URL_Field/Edit--Same_Window
        Mouse/Document/Anchor--Same_Window
        Mouse/Document/Anchor--New_Window
        Remote_Control/Go_To--Same_Window
        Remote_Control/New_Win--New_Window
        Menu/Navigate/Window_History/Dialog--Same_Window
        Menu/Navigate/Hotlist/Dialog--Same_Window

Reload_Current 

        Menu/File/Reload_Current--Same_Window
        Keyboard/File/Reload_Current--Same_Window

StartUp_Document 

        Automatic/Navigate/StartUp_Document--Same_Window

Submit_Form 

        Mouse/Document/Form/Post--Same_Window
        Mouse/Document/Form/Get--Same_Window

Telnet_Window 

        Keyboard/URL_Field/Edit--Same_Window
        Mouse/Document/Anchor--Same_Window

Number of unique log stmts = 82