When? - Collaborative Web Search: Who, What, Where, When, and Why - page 51

Figure 5.1: S 3 ( Morris and Horvitz , 2007a ) users use a special Web browser that automatically records
the state of their search (shown in the session overview on the browsers right-hand side). This state can
then be saved (and later loaded) as an XML file.
As the user searches in the S 3 browser, the system automatically records all queries entered,
results retrieved, and subsequent pages visited. Users can optionally associate comments with par-
ticular search results by right-clicking them and choosing the “comment” option from the browser's
context menu. A summary of the user's queries and page visits is displayed alongside the browser.
Clicking this overview takes the user to the detailed view of the saved search file, which is also the
default view one sees upon loading a saved search (Figure when-s3-file).
This detailed view of a saved search file shows each query issued during the search task, in
chronological order. Below each query is a list of the associated webpages the user visited. Each page
is represented by a detailed entry, including the title, snippet, URL, and thumbnail. An indication of
the identity of the user who viewed each page is also shown (to facilitate awareness of the collaborative