More than half the participants mentioned this specifically. “I want to enter into a webpage and then get out. I don’t want to lull around,” one participant said. Some other person complained about slow downloading of graphics: “I like to see one picture that is good. I do not like to see a great deal of pictures. Pictures aren’t worth looking forward to.”
Study 1 employed a measure that is novel of’ boredom. Participants were instructed to select a marble up from a container on the table and drop it into another container every time they felt bored or felt like doing something different. Together, the 11 participants moved 12 marbles: 8 marbles while waiting for a typical page to download, 2 while waiting around for search results to look, and 2 when unable to get the requested information. (Participants did not bear in mind to use the marbles once they were bored). Continue reading