Tagging might not be slower than filing in folders

Voit, Karl; Andrews, Keith; Slany, Wolfgang

doi:10.1145/2212776.2223753

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“…Regarding navigation behavior, we predicted that participants who received a tag cloud would visit fewer pages compared to participants receiving a hierarchical menu (H1a) because they would be able to locate desired webpages more accurately (e.g., Voit, et al, 2012). What was found was that participants in the hierarchical condition visited relatively more pages in total Navigating in hypertext 22 and also revisited relatively more pages than participants in the tag cloud condition.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…The greater flexibility and the descriptive characteristics of tag clouds were appreciated. Research about filing and re-finding behavior with hierarchies and tagging systems did not find significant differences between tags or folder hierarchies (Voit et al, 2012). However, fast performers required less time and fewer mouse clicks when using tags while slow performers benefitted more from hierarchical folders.…”

Section: Navigational Support: Hierarchical or Tag-cloudmentioning

confidence: 89%

“…Few such studies exist (Trattner, Lin, Parra, et al, 2012) investigating how to construct and visualize tag clouds. The same is true for comparing the use of tag clouds and more traditional hierarchical menus (Civan, Jones, Klasnja & Bruce, 2009;Voit, Andrews & Slany, 2012).…”

Section: Navigational Support: Hierarchical or Tag-cloudmentioning

confidence: 92%

“…However, these studies investigated only user behavior, but not the cognitive and perceptual processing leading to this behavior. Whether the use of tags instead of hierarchical menus has an effect on learning outcomes and its underlying processes is unknown, but the findings of Civan et al (2009) and Voit et al (2012) indicate that the use of tags can be a viable alternative for navigational support in HLEs.…”

Section: Navigational Support: Hierarchical or Tag-cloudmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Learning and navigating in hypertext: Navigational support by hierarchical menu or tag cloud?

Walhout

Brand‐Gruwel

Jarodzka

et al. 2015

Computers in Human Behavior

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As hypertext learning environments (HLE) are widely used in education, it is important to study and know the effects and consequences of its use. HLEs are non-linear which means that students have to develop ways of navigating through them. Thus, developing interfaces that facilitate and even guide navigation is important for learning. Research showed that successful learning in HLEs depends on both learner characteristics and HLE features. This study investigated an HLE navigation feature (navigational support with either a tag-cloud or conventional hierarchical menu), task complexity (fact-finding vs. information-gathering task) and a user characteristic (gender). Results show that neither navigational support nor gender is associated with differences in task performance. However, there are differences in information processing. Participants using a tag clouds looked longer at the navigational support and shorter at the overview pages. Combined with fewer revisits of webpages in the tag cloud condition, this indicates a more focused selection of pages. The deeper processing of information needed for the information-gathering task was reflected in fewer visits to, but longer viewing times of pages. As no differences in task performance were found, tag clouds seem to be as effective for performance as more traditional navigation structures for navigational support.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: Navigational Support: Hierarchical or Tag-cloudmentioning

confidence: 89%

Section: Navigational Support: Hierarchical or Tag-cloudmentioning

confidence: 92%

Section: Navigational Support: Hierarchical or Tag-cloudmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Learning and navigating in hypertext: Navigational support by hierarchical menu or tag cloud?

Walhout

Brand‐Gruwel

Jarodzka

et al. 2015

Computers in Human Behavior

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“…Unlike folders, tags are non‐hierarchical and users can assign as many tags as they want to an information item. In recent years, there has been extensive development of tag‐related PIM prototypes, including: Phlat (Cutrell, Robbins, Dumais, & Sarin, 2006), TagFS (Bloehdorn & Völkel, 2006), Gnowsis (Sauermann et al, 2006), ConTag (Adrian, Sauermann, & Roth‐Berghofer, 2007), TapGlance (Robbins, 2008), Zotero (Ma & Wiedenbeck, 2009), TAGtivity (Oleksik et al, 2009), BlueMail (Tang et al, 2008; Whittaker, Matthews, Cerruti, Badenes, & Tang, 2011) and TagStore (Voit, Andrews, & Slany, 2012).…”

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Tagging personal information: A contrast between attitudes and behavior

Bergman

Gradovitch

Bar‐Ilan

et al. 2013

Proc of Assoc for Info

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In a previous work we tested users' preferences with systems that allow to store and retrieve information either using tags or folders. In the current study we asked participants sampled from the same population about their attitudes towards tags by using a questionnaire (N = 168). We then compared the results regarding attitudes gathered in this study with the ones testing actual behavior gathered in our previous one. Overall, results showed positive attitudes towards tagging and multiple classification. These finding are in sharp contrast with our previous behavioral study which showed clear preference for folders and single classification: Our participants tended to agree with statements such as "most people use folders only due to habits", "if users were taught to use tags they would prefer them over folders", and "In 20 years children born today will use mostly"; however in our previous study in which we taught our participants to use tags there was a clear behavioral preference for folders over tags. Most participants in the present study thought that giving several classifications to personal information is a good idea, while our previous results showed that even when tags were used, multiple classification was exceptional. Furthermore, our current participants tended to agree that "the use of tags is more efficient than folder use" while in our previous study retrieval was faster without tags. We conclude this paper with suggestions regarding future research.

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Folder versus tag preference in personal information management

Bergman

Gradovitch

Bar‐Ilan

et al. 2013

J Am Soc Inf Sci Tec

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Users' preferences for folders versus tags was studied in 2 working environments where both options were available to them. In the Gmail study, we informed 75 participants about both folder-labeling and tag-labeling, observed their storage behavior after 1 month, and asked them to estimate the proportions of different retrieval options in their behavior. In the Windows 7 study, we informed 23 participants about tags and asked them to tag all their files for 2 weeks, followed by a period of 5 weeks of free choice between the 2 methods. Their storage and retrieval habits were tested prior to the learning session and, after 7 weeks, using special classification recording software and a retrieval-habits questionnaire. A controlled retrieval task and an in-depth interview were conducted. Results of both studies show a strong preference for folders over tags for both storage and retrieval. In the minority of cases where tags were used for storage, participants typically used a single tag per information item. Moreover, when multiple classification was used for storage, it was only marginally used for retrieval. The controlled retrieval task showed lower success rates and slower retrieval speeds for tag use. Possible reasons for participants' preferences are discussed.

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Tagging might not be slower than filing in folders

Cited by 12 publications

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Learning and navigating in hypertext: Navigational support by hierarchical menu or tag cloud?

Learning and navigating in hypertext: Navigational support by hierarchical menu or tag cloud?

Tagging personal information: A contrast between attitudes and behavior

Folder versus tag preference in personal information management

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