HISTREE - A HIERARCHICAL BACK MENU

The majority of web pages visited by users are actually revisits. The most common method to revisit web pages is the Back button; however, due to its stack-based nature, pages frequently "pop off" the stack, resulting in those pages being inaccessible from the Back menu. We propose a solution, Histree, which utilizes low screen real estate, preserves the skills learned from use of the regular Back menu, and provides a full navigational history, allowing the user to revisit any page from the current session.

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