[Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst

[Janne V. Kujala]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/fenfire
Module name:    journals
Changes by:     Janne V. Kujala <address@hidden>        03/05/09 07:30:27

Modified files:
        plans          : SA_2003.rst 

Log message:
        background and notes

CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/fenfire/journals/plans/SA_2003.rst.diff?tr1=1.18&tr2=1.19&r1=text&r2=text

Patches:
Index: journals/plans/SA_2003.rst
diff -u journals/plans/SA_2003.rst:1.18 journals/plans/SA_2003.rst:1.19
--- journals/plans/SA_2003.rst:1.18     Fri May  9 07:19:06 2003
+++ journals/plans/SA_2003.rst  Fri May  9 07:30:27 2003
@@ -58,6 +58,20 @@
 
 origins of the Xanalogical model?
 
+In several hypertext systems today, following a link means a *disruptive* 
change
+in the user's workflow, replacing the current context (e.g., a Web page) with 
an
+entirely different one. 
+This is partly caused by the dominant graphical user interface paradigm
+(developed in the 70s at Xerox PARC; see, e.g., [kay93smalltalk]_) in which 
*pag
+es*
+are shown in overlapping, rectangular, unconnected viewports (windows).
+In this paradigm, following a link can only create a new window
+or replace the contents of the current window.
+In our opinion, this is one of the root causes 
+of hypertext disorientation 
+[edwards-hardman89lost-in-hyperspace]_
+[conklin87hypertext-onpage-38-40]_.
+
 
 - previous activity pertaining to the scope of the topic of the
   research (list of the research team's five most important
@@ -131,6 +145,18 @@
                Research on the new possibilities that a more hyperstructural
                approach to information opens to user interfaces. Many more 
                things can be done
+
+               Utilizing 3D hardware, which has become a commodity
+                 - more flexible focus+context views, e.g., 
+                   fisheye distortion
+                 - non-disruptive animation between views
+                  - readability problems with mip-mapped text
+
+               Research on enhancing text readability 
+                 - evaluating readability using the correlation
+                   function of the rendered text
+                 - applying the earlier experience on Monte Carlo methods, 
+                   etc.
 
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